Chapter 325

Yu Li had just passed the moon gate when she was startled by a greeting.

"Ah! It's Yushui."

"Sister-in-law, why were you gone for so long?"

He Yu Shui came out to pour the foot-washing water, saw Yu Li thinking about something intently, and looked toward the backyard.

Yu Li had come out a step ahead of her just now, and Yushui thought Yu Li had returned here first.

But when she returned, she found no one in the room, and her brother, who came back with her, said Yu Li must have gone to the backyard.

Yushui didn't ask much; she knew Yu Li was doing cleaning work for the backyard and the guest room.

But it was already past nine o'clock, and although every household still had lights on, there weren't many people walking around in the courtyard.

"I talked to Li Xuewu for a while. He's hosting friends tomorrow, so I helped him tidy up the room and boiled two thermoses of hot water."

He Yu Shui nodded and asked, "Do you need my help?"

"No, no."

Yu Li blushed and waved her hand; this help didn't need Yushui.

Yu Li said as she walked into the room, "It was already clean before, just a temporary tidy-up."

"Oh, oh."

He Yu Shui looked at the backyard again and muttered, "There are really so many requirements; tidying up for more than two hours, just torturing people."

Carrying the basin into the room, looking at Yu Li who was making the bed, He Yu Shui asked while combing her hair with a wooden comb, "What kind of guests are they?"

Yu Li touched the quilt and turned to look at the stove, replying casually, "They said they are friends from the unit, and their relatives."

As she spoke, her hand holding the stove hook paused, and she continued, "And his partner is coming."

"He has a partner?"

He Yu Shui asked in surprise, "Didn't they say the last one fell through? How did he find another one so quickly?"

Speaking of this, remembering the scene where Li Xuewu taught her brother in the guest room, she felt it was normal for Li Xuewu to find a partner so quickly.

Yu Li explained for Li Xuewu, "This one was known before; they didn't think about dating early on, but maybe they took a liking to each other later."

He Yu Shui smiled and asked, "It's not strange; it was like this before, many little girls loved to find him to play."

Yu Li smiled and asked, "Was he really that good-looking before?"

"Why? Sister-in-law, did you also lose your heart?"

He Yu Shui joked with Yu Li and continued, "He is good-looking; he's the best-looking one in this neighborhood. Besides, don't you think he's ugly now?"

Yu Li saw He Yu Shui teasing her and also teased her back, "With such a big scar on his face, don't you think he's ugly?"

"I actually think it's quite heroic."

He Yu Shui shared the hand oil with Yu Li, rubbed her hands, and said with a smile, "Men, if they are too delicate, they are useless. I hate effeminate men the most."

After saying this, He Yu Shui seemed to feel something was wrong and quickly emphasized, "Sister-in-law, I'm not talking about your brother Jiecheng!"

Whoa! Yu Li wouldn't have thought of her own man if she hadn't said that, but saying it like that made it real.

"Hehehe."

Yu Li wiped the hand oil and got into bed, saying with a smile, "You think too highly of him. If he were really delicate, I'd be worth it, or if he were effeminate, I wouldn't be so worried, hehe."

Listening to Yu Li's final "hehe," He Yu Shui seemed to hear something.

"Sister-in-law?"

He Yu Shui got into the quilt next to Yu Li and asked the Yu Li in the darkness with a flushed face, "I heard from my brother that you and Brother Jiecheng seem to have a conflict."

"Hmm."

Yu Li rested her head on the head of the bed, pulled the light string, and said, "A conflict that has been there for a long time, not just for a day or two."

Yu Li's care these past few days moved He Yu Shui, so she pulled Yu Li's hand in the quilt and comforted her, "There are no obstacles that can't be overcome; you were the one comforting me."

"Hehehe."

Yu Li touched Yushui's head and said with a light laugh, "Men are the obstacles for us women; it's like this for a lifetime."

"If you can't rely on this one, you have to change to the next one. If you stay in this uncomfortable obstacle, you'll regret it for a lifetime."

"Sister-in-law."

He Yu Shui also understood Yu Li's meaning, opened her eyes wide, and asked the Yu Li in the darkness.

Until she woke up in the morning, He Yu Shui was still shocked by Yu Li's decision.

Yu Li, who had already figured it out, didn't care and got up early to go to the guest room to get busy.

Li Xuewu came out of the backyard and happened to run into Qin Huairu tidying up cabbage at the door, with Banggeng waiting on the side with a small basket for the cabbage leaves.

"Morning, Qin Jie!"

"Morning!"

"Morning, Wu Shu!"

"Hey!"

Banggeng greeted Li Xuewu with a grin.

Seeing watermelon rinds in the basket, Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "Did you eat so much without getting a stomachache?"

"Hehehe."

Banggeng grinned with his big face, "In the middle of winter, that watermelon is really rare."

After replying to Li Xuewu, Banggeng asked curiously, "Wu Shu, is it your blind date today?"

"Who said that?"

Li Xuewu looked at Qin Huairu with a smile, and seeing her looking at him with a smile, he flicked Banggeng's forehead.

"Wu Shu doesn't need a blind date; it's your Uncle Zhuzi who is having a blind date. Do you know what a blind date means?"

Banggeng shook his big face and said, "Dating, who doesn't know that."

"Banggeng!"

Qin Huairu glared at her son and then said to Li Xuewu, "Let me know if you need help; Seeing Sha Zhu said yesterday that you would be busy today."

"Hehehe."

He gestured toward the glass window of Qin Huairu's house, saw a figure flash there, and said with a smile, "Go do your work; aren't these two difficult cases enough to keep you busy?"

"Sigh!"

Qin Huairu sighed and said, "Who says it isn't."

She had also seen the figure by the window just now, and she knew her sister's thoughts, but she didn't point them out.

"How was the chat yesterday?"

Seeing Li Xuewu ask, Qin Huairu frowned and said, "I don't know what's wrong with this Seeing Sha Zhu. When he has a blind date, he always asks me to introduce the situation, but when I ask him anything, he just keeps it to himself. It's really annoying."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Do you know what's wrong with him?"

"Hehehe, how would I know?"

Li Xuewu pointed to the front yard and hurriedly said, "Well, you go ahead, I'm leaving."

Qin Huairu was thinking, and seeing Li Xuewu turn and leave, she looked at Li Xuewu's back in a daze and asked Banggeng, "Look, is there something wrong with your Wu Shu?"

"Hi! What could be wrong!"

Banggeng shook the small basket in his hand and said, "Wu Shu is such a busy person, how would he have time to chat with you here?"

"Hey! You little traitor!"

Qin Huairu patted Banggeng's head lightly and pouted, "Are you closer to your mom or your Wu Shu?"

Banggeng rolled his eyes and said, "I'm helping the right, not the family."

Just as Qin Huairu and her son were arguing, Seeing Sha Zhu came out of Yushui's room, buttoning his clothes as he walked.

"Morning, Qin Jie!"

"Seeing Sha Zhu, come here!"

Seeing Seeing Sha Zhu walk out, Qin Huairu waved for him to come over.

Seeing Sha Zhu walked over with a grin and said, "I just seemed to hear Li Xuewu's voice."

Qin Huairu glared at Seeing Sha Zhu and asked, "I'm asking you, what's your intention? Why are you ignoring my sister? Do you want to date or not? If not, just say so; my sister isn't unable to find someone else."

Seeing Sha Zhu had just woken up and was bombarded by Qin Huairu.

"Well, I'm quite interested; I'm just preparing to date."

Seeing Seeing Sha Zhu agree to date, Qin Huairu felt relieved, but she still had a dissatisfied expression on her face.

"Is this how you date? You didn't even say two words before leaving; my sister thought you were mute."

"No!"

Seeing Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu in a bind, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

Seeing Seeing Sha Zhu's hesitant look, Qin Huairu thought there was some situation, so she asked, "No what? Do you have any other thoughts? Is my sister not good enough for you?"

"No, no, this Old Six is quite good."

"Pfft!"

Hearing Seeing Sha Zhu call Qin Jingru by her nickname, Qin Huairu couldn't help but laugh, then pouted, "Don't call her that; she's a girl, why call her Old Six?"

This Qin Jingru was from Qin Huairu's third uncle's family, the sixth child, so everyone in the family called her Old Six.

Qin Huairu just introduced her like that yesterday, and she didn't expect Seeing Sha Zhu to remember it like that.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Seeing Sha Zhu nodded and said, "This Jingru girl, hehe, I think she seems to have some thoughts."

Qin Huairu's smile faded, she glanced into the room, and then said, "She has no thoughts; she's just a country girl with no experience."

"Don't say that."

Seeing Sha Zhu waved his hand and smiled, "With you here, I will never look down on a country girl."

Qin Huairu pursed her lips and smiled, "Still saying that, my mother-in-law also mentioned you to Jingru after you left yesterday."

"What did she say about me?"

Seeing Sha Zhu knew Qin Huairu's mother-in-law was not a good person; nine times out of ten, she couldn't say anything good.

Qin Huairu also saw Seeing Sha Zhu's meaning, glared at Seeing Sha Zhu, and said, "My mother-in-law said, if it weren't for our Jingru being pretty, you wouldn't have liked her."

"Hehehe, what Mother Jia said is fair."

Seeing Sha Zhu laughed twice and continued, "If I didn't want to find someone I liked, I wouldn't have waited so long."

"Then date her; why are you holding back? Are you waiting for my sister to chase you?"

Qin Huairu got angry as soon as she mentioned this.

She kindly brought the person over, and this Seeing Sha Zhu was pulling but not walking, hitting but retreating.

"I'm the one introducing the blind date, not me begging you to marry my sister on her behalf. Why are you so reserved as a big man?"

"No, no, Qin Jie!"

Seeing Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu's voice was about to rise, waved his hand to stop her, and said softly, "This is my little trick for dating."

"What the hell?"

Qin Huairu suspected she had misheard and asked again in disbelief.

Seeing Sha Zhu whispered the trick to Qin Huairu and then added softly, "I'm just afraid, afraid this one won't work out either."

"Where did you learn these crooked ways?"

"Hehehe."

Seeing Sha Zhu grinned mysteriously, and even his big front teeth revealed a mysterious light.

"I asked an expert!"

Looking at Seeing Sha Zhu's appearance, Qin Huairu raised her eyebrows and asked, "Li Xuewu taught you, right?"

"Uh..."

Seeing Seeing Sha Zhu stunned, Qin Huairu said hatefully, "I knew it; that's why he ran away as soon as I asked him just now! It turns out he's involved in this!"

"No, no, Qin Jie!"

Seeing Sha Zhu pulled Qin Huairu and said, "I think this trick is quite good; I'm doing it so this Old Six comrade will like me."

"What is it!"

Qin Huairu looked at Seeing Sha Zhu angrily and said, "Aren't you two lying to my sister?"

"How can you call it lying?"

Seeing Sha Zhu tilted his neck and said, "Look, aren't our starting points the same? It's just for my blind date. Don't you also hope I can succeed with this Jingru girl?"

Hearing Seeing Sha Zhu say this, Qin Huairu thought for a moment without speaking, signaling Seeing Sha Zhu to continue.

"Hey! You think so too, right? It's just that the trick I learned is a bit safer."

Seeing Sha Zhu explained his thoughts to Qin Huairu softly.

But Qin Huairu frowned and asked, "You won't treat my sister like this after you get married, will you?"

"How could I?"

Seeing Sha Zhu tilted his neck, glared, and said, "You know me; I've never been stingy with money. This is what Li Xuewu said; otherwise, I'd never feel bad about spending money on her."

Qin Huairu thought about her sister in the room and felt Seeing Sha Zhu's trick was acceptable. After all, she could see Seeing Sha Zhu's money, unlike that person's salary...

Seeing Qin Huairu didn't object, Seeing Sha Zhu warned, "You have to help me cover it up; don't let it slip. Whether it succeeds or not depends on this time."

Qin Huairu glared at Seeing Sha Zhu and said, "You two are really damaging; wait until I see Li Xuewu again, I'll definitely pinch him."

"Hehehe."

Seeing Sha Zhu laughed and said, "That's none of my business; once I marry my wife home, you can deal with him however you want."

"Get lost!"

Qin Huairu glared at Seeing Sha Zhu and turned into the room.

Seeing Sha Zhu glanced at the Jia house, laughed, and headed to the front yard.

Banggeng looked at his own house, then at Seeing Sha Zhu's back, and then at the vegetable basket in his hand.

It turned out these two had been talking for a long time without noticing there was someone in the low-altitude area.

"So there's so much knowledge in dating."

Banggeng scratched his chin, thought about the female students in his class, and wondered if he could find someone to experiment with.

He always heard adults say marriage wasn't fun, and it was bitter and tiring after marriage.

It turned out these were all lies adults told children.

If it was bitter and tiring, why would Uncle Zhu play these tricks?

It seems there's happiness here that I don't know about!

Thinking about it, Banggeng laughed "hehe," his eyes rolled, and he headed to the backyard.

There were three chickens waiting for him in the backyard; don't misunderstand, they were real chickens.

After eating breakfast, Li Xuewu was chased out of the house by Liu Yin.

"Go, go, go, go early and come back early; how long does it take to go and return?"

Li Xuewu wanted to go at nine or ten o'clock, but Liu Yin and Li Shun didn't agree.

Li Shun said, "You said it yourself, people are coming in the morning; if people come later, will you have time to go?"

Liu Yin said, "Even if you have time, this is picking up a girl for the first time to visit the house; you should go early. This is a matter of politeness. Your father arrived at our house before we even had breakfast back then..."

"Ahem~"

Hearing Liu Yin mention this, Li Shun hurriedly coughed twice to interrupt his wife's words.

"Is there anything that can't be said?"

Liu Yin glared at Li Shun and continued to say to Li Xuewu, "Do you want to have a good impression at your father-in-law's house or not? If you want a good impression, you have to start from the details; you have to let them know you respect their daughter."

If it were anything else, Liu Yin would follow Li Shun and take care of the old man's face, but in the matter of her children's marriage, let alone Li Shun's face, everyone had to give way.

Li Shun also knew his wife wouldn't easily give in on the children's side, so even if he shared his dating experience, he had to listen with a straight face.

Because it was easy to blush if he didn't keep a straight face.

Li Xuewu was helpless against the two of them, so he could only add hot water to the Willys in the west courtyard.

Under his mother's instructions, he changed into new clothes, a wool coat, and new leather shoes, carried the four gifts Li Shun had prepared, and drove out of the door.

It's only considered the end of the New Year after the first lunar month, but the third day is the day all units resume work, so people cherish this second day very much.

The streets were full of people; usually, they were at work in factories and units, and only during festivals could you see so many people in the Four Nine City.

For the first time, Li Xuewu had the feeling of driving in later generations because he encountered traffic jams at the traffic posts.

The traffic police, wearing white uniforms and armbands, waved small flags to signal vehicles to stop or pass.

The traffic lights at this time were also very interesting; someone stood in a sentry box and manually controlled the lights.

Of course, this configuration was only available at large intersections, and Li Xuewu only encountered two on his way to Gu Ning's house.

When the vehicle turned into the gate, the guard stopped Li Xuewu's car, saying external vehicles were not allowed in.

Li Xuewu offered to make a phone call; the guard looked at Li Xuewu, seemingly suspicious of Li Xuewu's identity, and was very vigilant.

Fortunately, before Li Xuewu could take out his credentials for inspection, a shift leader ran out of the sentry box.

"Li Chu, I'm sorry, please go in."

The shift leader opened the gate pole and explained to Li Xuewu, "We have raised the security level during the festival, plus the holiday rotation, so we transferred people from below; they don't recognize your car."

"No, no, no."

Li Xuewu smiled and stopped the shift leader's explanation, saying, "He's not wrong; no need to explain. I should accept his inspection."

As he spoke, he took out a box of cigarettes and handed it to the shift leader, saying, "I've caused you trouble; thank you for your hard work on duty, and I wish you a happy New Year."

Li Xuewu had been here several times, and the guards here were already familiar with this car.

Plus, the security guard Qi Xin, who went to Gu Can's house last time, had reported Li Xuewu's vehicle and personal identity to this side, so the guards here still knew something about Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu didn't dare to have any pride regarding the guards' politeness to him.

Because he knew very well that he was just a small shrimp here; being arrogant and conceited was just asking for humiliation.

Not just here, wherever Li Xuewu went, it was like this; he didn't dare to look down on anyone in the world.

He got in the car, returned a salute to the guard, and drove the car into the courtyard.

Watching Li Xuewu's car enter the courtyard, the guard stood there and asked the shift leader who was still looking into the courtyard, "Leader, who is this?"

"Him? Hehehe."

The shift leader smiled, withdrew his gaze, and raised his hand to stuff the cigarettes Li Xuewu gave into the guard's pocket.

"The son-in-law of the seventh courtyard."

"Ah?"

The guard was surprised and then asked, "This... this seventh courtyard isn't, why is he so polite?"

"Hehehe."

The shift leader straightened the guard's military coat and said with a smile, "The higher the status, the more they cherish their feathers, and the more polite they are to us, the higher their level might be."

"Looking at his age, he's about the same as..."

"Is this comparable?"

The shift leader knocked on the gun in the guard's hand and said, "The gun in your hand was just issued; do you look down on it because it's young?"

As he spoke, he pointed his chin at the car that had disappeared at the corner.

"That car, it was originally from the 7th courtyard, and it had the 7th courtyard's license plate, but guess what happened after it was given to him?"

The guard curled his lips and said, "Changed the plate?"

"Hehehe, understand now?"

The shift leader smiled at the guard and said, "This person has been cautious and low-key to the bone, just like a spring."

"Don't look at him being the same age as you, but he suppresses himself so much and keeps himself so low. Just looking at his respect and politeness to us, I wouldn't be surprised no matter how high he bounces, and I don't envy him."

"Understood, understood."

The guard looked at the shift leader with bright eyes and said, "Then next time I see him..."

"Do what you should do, keep polite, just don't provoke him."

The shift leader patted the guard's arm and said, "This kind of person is both low-key and arrogant; he doesn't allow others to insult his character, so treating him normally is the greatest respect for him."

"Leader, you know so much; I really didn't come in vain this time, thank you!"

"Hehehe."

The shift leader smiled and said, "Put your heart at ease; you look good too, maybe you'll catch the eye of some courtyard, and you can learn from him later."

"Hehehe."

"Didn't I say you shouldn't take things? You took them before the New Year, why are you taking them after the New Year!"

Ding Bianji smiled and scolded Li Xuewu, who had just parked the car and came down carrying things.

Li Xuewu handed the four gifts to Qi Xin and warned Qi Xin in front of Ding Bianji: "Brother Qi, this wine was soaked by my father for many years. One bottle is tiger penis wine, and the other is tiger bone wine. Only give Gu Can a small bottle cap each time; it's fine to mix it with wine, but don't give too much."

"Good, good."

The guard Qi Xin had been polite several times about Li Xuewu calling him Brother Qi, but Li Xuewu insisted, so he agreed under Ding Bianji's affirmation.

This made the service staff in Gu Can's house have an exceptionally good impression of Li Xuewu, saying from time to time when chatting with Ding Bianji that Li Xuewu was really polite.

Ding Bianji also liked others saying her eye for picking a son-in-law was good, especially after that incident last year; Li Xuewu's promotion to deputy section chief before the New Year made Ding Bianji very happy.

Whenever she went out with friends, she would mention the son-in-law she chose in a roundabout way.

Whenever there was a question of who chose this, Ding Bianji would unhesitatingly tell the little story of how she matched her daughter and Li Xuewu.

"Your Uncle Gu said his waist hurt before he left before the New Year; maybe it's a problem left over from his youth, when he had to sleep wherever he could."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "I saw it when I came last time. I wanted to bring it, but I was afraid you would mind, so I specifically told my father when I got home, and my father asked his colleagues to study it, and that's why I brought it."

"Hehehe."

For Li Xuewu's concern and caution, Ding Bianji was naturally happy and said with a smile, "Your Uncle Gu isn't that precious; there aren't so many rules."

As she spoke, she led Li Xuewu into the house, saying as they walked, "He would be so happy if he knew you cared about him. He even specifically asked about you when he called last night."

Li Xuewu changed his slippers at the door, followed Ding Bianji into the living room, and saw Gu Ning coming downstairs in a tight gray sweater.

"Go tidy up; Xuewu is here to pick you up."

Ding Bianji gave her daughter instructions and said to Li Xuewu with a smile, "You sit first; Ning just woke up."

Seeing Li Xuewu come so early, Gu Ning was also surprised, nodded to Li Xuewu, and went to the bathroom.

Ding Bianji sat next to Li Xuewu and asked with a smile, "Have you had breakfast? If not, have some with Ning; Auntie boiled porridge this morning."

"I ate at home, Auntie. You guys eat, no rush. It's my parents, saying that since it's the first time I'm picking up Gu... Gu Ning to visit, I should come early."

"Hehehe."

Hearing Li Xuewu stop calling her daughter Doctor Gu, Ding Bianji was very happy.

This was the rule set by Gu Can; these two children were both slow-tempered, so they couldn't be rushed; let them go.

Whether they start as friends slowly or call her Doctor Gu, it's all up to them.

From Ding Bianji's perspective now, her own family still had vision, and the decision made was correct.

Especially Li Xuewu mentioning his parents' arrangements; one was that Li Xuewu was an honest child, and the other was that Li Xuewu's family was excellent.

What kind of parents educate what kind of children; Ding Bianji could tell the family style and upbringing of the Li family from Li Xuewu's words and actions.

Although it was said who's in-laws were how high-ranking, Ding Bianji was still envious before; what was wrong with her daughter?

But she wasn't envious now; she had read and asked about Li Xuewu's family information again and again.

Qi Xin had performed tasks at Li Xuewu's house and was quite familiar with Li Xuewu's family, so Ding Bianji asked a lot about the Li family after he returned.

From the old lady of the Li family to the youngest Li Shu, she had a general understanding of them all.

Although it was a small household, looking at it now, it wasn't a simple family.

Comparing in-laws, Ding Bianji compared sons-in-law.

Your son-in-law looks good, my son-in-law not only looked good before, but looks even better now, the kind of good that official documents aren't allowed to say is bad.

Your son-in-law has a good background, my son-in-law has a high level, and it's the kind of high level obtained by real ability.

Your son-in-law has a high level? Hey! My son-in-law is young, he just turned twenty after the New Year.

This age of the Gu family's son-in-law was the most jealous thing for the women in the editorial department and the courtyard. Every time it was mentioned, Ding Bianji would compare them until they were speechless.

How to compare?

Whose daughter isn't looking for someone higher up, just to find someone whose ability can already be seen, someone with potential.

But someone with ability and potential, wouldn't they be twenty-four or twenty-five, some even over thirty.

But the Gu family happened to find someone who had just come of age, and he hadn't even reached the legal marriage age when they were dating.

Just based on this, no matter what, Li Xuewu was chosen and decided by Ding Bianji herself now.

The credit and vision all belonged to Ding Bianji.

"Give my regards to your parents, and thank you for the medicinal wine your father sent."

"I will, Au..."

Hearing Li Xuewu still wanted to call her Auntie, Ding Bianji pretended to be unhappy and looked at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu hurriedly changed his words with a smile: "I will, Mom."

"Hehe, call me that from now on; I won't let you in next time if you don't call me that. Let me tell you, I'm very fierce, hahahaha."

"Hehehe, I know, Mom."

While Gu Ning was washing up and eating, Ding Bianji mentioned the experience at Beixinqiao again, telling Li Xuewu to call her Mom from now on.

As for Uncle Gu, calling him Gu Can or Uncle Gu was fine.

After all, Old Gu said, let the children be; he said it himself, Ding Bianji didn't say it.

Gu Ning finished breakfast, was asked by Ding Bianji to drink hot water, then put on her clothes, wore her hat, and went out with Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu found Gu Ning was carrying the leather bag he gave her last time.

Gu Ning also saw Li Xuewu's gaze and unnaturally pulled the bag in her hand behind her back.

Li Xuewu smiled and reached out, signaling to help Gu Ning carry the bag.

Gu Ning first looked at Li Xuewu, not knowing what Li Xuewu wanted to do.

Seeing Li Xuewu's eyes signaling the bag in her hand, she hesitated with some resistance.

But under Li Xuewu's insistence, she handed the bag in her hand to Li Xuewu with a slightly flushed face.

The silent interaction and expression exchange between the two were all seen by Ding Bianji, who sent them out. As she watched her daughter change shoes and go out, the corners of her mouth had already curled up unconsciously.

Finally, there was hope of getting her married off.

Li Xuewu looked at the things in the back seat of the car, knowing these were arranged by Ding Bianji earlier, for Gu Ning to bring to visit his parents and elders for the first time.

So Li Xuewu didn't stand on ceremony, helped Gu Ning into the car, turned back, and thanked Ding Bianji with a smile: "Thank you, Mom, we're leaving."

"Good, good, good."

Ding Bianji stood in the courtyard, watching the two of them, under the sunlight, as the jeep drove out of the small courtyard.

The guard Qi Xin closed the gate and said to Ding Bianji, who was still standing in the courtyard, with a smile: "Truly a match made in heaven."

"Hehehe, I don't ask for Ning to live a life that makes others envious, but I hope she marries comfortably. Looking at it now, Ning has finally found the right person."

Qi Xin agreed with a smile: "I think Li Chu is especially good, especially suitable for Gu Ning."

"Hehehe."

Ding Bianji asked with a smile: "Did Li Xuewu give you any benefits? Why have I only been hearing good things about him lately?"

"Hahahaha."

Qi Xin had been by Gu Can's side for many years and had been in the Gu family for years, so he could talk to Ding Bianji.

"If you say that, I have to explain."

Qi Xin said with a smile: "Li Chu didn't give us any benefits. I already told you about the cigarettes he gave when we performed tasks last time, but I admire his character."

"Oh? This is the first time I've heard this."

Ding Bianji turned and walked into the house, saying as she walked: "Tell me, how do you see him?"

Qi Xin said with a smile: "The first time I saw him was when Section Chief Dong brought him over. I deliberately didn't greet him, but he remained calm and composed, neither humble nor pushy, and I knew this person wasn't simple."

Ding Bianji also remembered that time and said with a smile: "Hehehe, he's very proud. I still remember the first time we met, I let him wait in the room for Literature, but he didn't want to and insisted on waiting at the door."

"Little Liu told me that he was very good at talking, and he started smoking with him as soon as they were together, hehehe."

"Hahaha."

Ding Bianji said with a smile: "Very good at talking, hahaha, this child is honest and recognizes relatives."

Qi Xin nodded and agreed: "The next time I met him was when I went to his house to perform a task. Although it was the second time I saw him, I could tell from his family's behavior that Li Chu is an honest person; his family members are all very honest."

"Hmm."

Ding Bianji nodded and said: "Ning's personality is withdrawn, she doesn't like to talk, she's slow-tempered, and she's not likable. What I worry about most is her relationship with her in-laws. Now I'm relieved. Listening to you, the Li family will definitely be very good to Ning."

Qi Xin naturally nodded in agreement; if Ding Bianji liked him, who else could say he was bad.

"What impressed me most was that blood-stained leather jacket. When I went to see him with you, I was terrified just seeing those solidified blood scabs. I have to admire your and Gu Can's vision for someone who dares to work so hard."

"He's just too brave; that's what I'm worried about."

Ding Bianji was very satisfied that Qi Xin said her vision was good first, but she was a bit worried about Li Xuewu's responsibility at work.

Qi Xin comforted her with a smile: "Look at those muscles on him, and look at his walking posture and stride; he has skills."

"Besides, he's already at the command level now; he probably won't be on the front line in the future."

Qi Xin knew Ding Bianji was worried about her daughter; after all, this was preparation for marriage. Even if she said she was finally married off, as a mother, she still had worries.

Qi Xin also comforted Ding Bianji by saying good things about Li Xuewu. The two chatted from every meeting with Li Xuewu, and Ding Bianji's mood improved a lot.

"Parents' love is the truest in the world, tears and blood melt into children's bodies."

"Exhausting all efforts for the children, pitiful are the parents' hearts in the world!"

I won't evaluate the actions of the person who wrote this poem, but just speaking of the lines, it truly wrote out the hard work of parents for their children.

The second son, who was the most worrying and least reassuring for Li Shun and Liu Yin, was finally bringing his partner home.

Li Shun almost prepared offerings to burn incense for his ancestors.

Although Li Shun had secretly burned incense when Li Xuewu transferred back and achieved results in his work, at this moment, looking at the future daughter-in-law brought back by his second son, he had the urge to kneel before his ancestors and kowtow a few times, and burn a good pillar of incense.

People say it's not easy to raise a son, describing it as "a son grows a year older, the father grows 10 years older."

Li Shun felt that he had raised his second son to adulthood, and he could already be listed among the immortals; it could be said to be a great merit.

Because Li Shun never thought this son could be so successful; he couldn't have imagined it in eight lifetimes.

His most basic wish, or even his long-cherished wish, was not to let Li Xuewu become a bandit or a bully; that would be doing a good deed for the people and a great merit.

At that time, Li Shun felt he wasn't Li Shun, but Li Jing, and his second son wasn't Li Xuewu, but Li Nezha.

In Li Shun's prediction, Li Xuewu might run back halfway through his military service, or cause trouble in the army, which was why he put Li Xuewu with his third brother.

What was surprising was that his second son came back, and he came back with honors.

This made Li Shun both surprised and happy; he was so excited he didn't sleep for half the night listening to his son snoring on the kang.

He deliberately gave his son a cold face early in the morning, just to prevent his son from relapsing, which could be described as terrified and walking on thin ice.

After getting off work and seeing the J-merit medal that Li Xuewu had dug out, Li Shun's hands trembled with excitement.

How could he dare to imagine this?

That night, when everyone in the family was asleep, Li Shun secretly climbed off the kang, placed the J-merit medal that Li Xuewu had kept in the cabinet in front of the family genealogy, and respectfully kowtowed to his ancestors.

This was the glory of the Li family, especially since it was earned by the second son who was deliberately sent by heaven to torture him.

That night, Li Shun thanked his ancestors again and again, and his eyes were red from crying.

It was really too difficult; the ancestors had worked hard!

Burn incense for the ancestors!!!

Li Shun felt his son was already very good, so let him be an ordinary person from now on, marry and have children, and be an ordinary steel mill security guard.

Yes, that's what Li Shun thought, and he even prayed to his ancestors for it.

Hey! Never expected, good news from the delivery room, the son was promoted!

Section Chief, Section Chief, Deputy Director, Deputy Section Chief, a series of dazzling achievements followed one after another.

Good fellow, Li Shun could hear people discussing on the street that a Li Erbala had appeared in the street, shaking the East City, cracking down on crime, and deterring villains.

Whenever someone discussed who this Li Erbala was and where he came from, neighbors who knew would point to Li Shun and say this was Li Erbala's father.

Whenever this happened, Li Shun would straighten his back and walk past these people lightly.

It's just that Li Shun, who usually only strolled once, didn't return until mealtime since the New Year.

And he got up early; it was just that Li Shun was reserved and didn't write "Father of Li Erbala" on his face, and didn't do the kind of thing where he answered "How do you know I'm Li Xuewu's father?" to whoever asked.

But in Liu Yin's eyes, this was already close enough.

On New Year's Eve, Li Xuewu didn't spend the New Year at home, and Li Shun burned incense and worshipped his ancestors for a long time, muttering for a while.

Li Shun was thanking his ancestors for their hard work; Li Xuewu had completely exceeded his expectations.

The ancestors had worked too hard!

The original idea of not becoming a disaster was gone; Li Shun felt that he had already achieved great merit.

Being able to cultivate Li Xuewu into a talent was the thing Li Shun was most proud of in his life.

When others said this was Li Xuewu's father during morning exercises, he was happier than when he was said to have brought the dead back to life himself.

Gu Ning followed Li Xuewu's car into the west courtyard and received attention from many eyes.

Due to her personality, Gu Ning was still not used to being stared at by so many people, so she looked at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu parked the car, let Seeing Lao Biaozi and the others help carry the gifts Gu Ning brought, and led Gu Ning into the courtyard.

In the west courtyard, Li Xuewu had already introduced Seeing Lao Biaozi, Shen Guodong, and Erhai to Gu Ning.

Walking to the outer courtyard, Li Xuewu introduced Seeing Sha Zhu and others who came out to watch the fun to Gu Ning.

As soon as they entered the front yard, even more people were standing in the corridor watching, all here to see Li Xuewu's partner.

But Gu Ning shocked everyone watching as soon as she entered the courtyard.

Winter cotton hat, hair coiled behind her head, highlighting a slender and well-proportioned neck.

A navy blue double-breasted military coat made Gu Ning, who was already tall, look particularly temperamental.

Plus the black standard leather shoes, everyone could see from Gu Ning's hat badge and leather shoes that this girl was not from an ordinary family.

Looking at Gu Ning's appearance again, white skin, big eyes, a straight nose, and a small pursed mouth, she looked a bit nervous.