Chapter 436

That day, when the phone call ended without letting his daughter answer, it was also because Li Xuewu had spoken about the psychological issues he and Gu Ning were facing, leaving Ding Fengxia feeling somewhat saddened for a moment.

Putting on a forced smile to see off the few people who were going to live at Haiyuncang, Ding Fengxia then called Yangcheng.

Generally speaking, when a family member takes the initiative to call home, it must be for something important; otherwise, they wouldn't disturb Gu Haitao's work.

Gu Haitao answered the phone, never expecting it to be about his daughter and son-in-law.

He knew that some soldiers would have stress reactions after coming off the battlefield, and he had also looked into Li Xuewu's situation while in the military, as well as the experience of that injury.

As for his daughter, that was even more of a heartache he had been worrying about to this day.

Who the dark shadow his daughter saw that night was, had still not been discovered even now.

His old comrade-in-arms had always carried pain in his heart, and those children still had psychological shadows to this day.

What could he say? That his son-in-law could take the initiative to find someone for treatment and could tell them the truth about the situation here showed that he hadn't misjudged the man.

Furthermore, he was a professional soldier himself, so he could better understand Li Xuewu's psychological issues, and he was even more gratified that Li Xuewu could take the initiative to understand and shoulder the responsibility for his daughter's psychological problems.

Sigh, people who aren't of the same family don't enter the same house.

Gu Haitao's reply was very simple: trust the son-in-law, and trust the daughter; the bond the two of them forged during the revolution could overcome everything.

Hearing her husband's instructions, Ding Fengxia finally set her mind at ease, and whenever she had time, she would even call Gu Ning and Zhou Wang Yamei home for meals.

For the sake of their children, there is nothing a mother cannot bear to part with.

After comforting Zhou Wang Yamei, Ding Fengxia didn't want Li Xuewu to feel mentally exhausted just after returning, so she smiled and asked about matters in the frontier, which counted as taking the initiative to change the subject.

Li Xuewu gave Zhou Wang Yamei a firm look, then followed up by chatting with his mother-in-law about what he had seen and heard on this journey.

When speaking of the great snow disaster, and of the cattle and sheep dying and the herders being in distress, it once again caused the few women to sigh for a while.

Fu Zhidong didn't know why his mother and the others were sad; he looked at the chocolate he was eating in his hand, then put it back, obediently snuggling up beside his mother.

Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Mu Hongyan took the initiative to change the subject.

When Li Xuewu was introducing the local specialties brought back from the frontier, Mu Hongyan even teased Li Xuewu, saying he hadn't given Xiao Ning a gift yet.

How could Li Xuewu not know that this smooth-talking sister-in-law was sending him a signal?

"The gift is prepared, but I can't let you see it."

Li Xuewu smiled and said very mysteriously: "I'm afraid you'll be envious, hahaha~"

As he spoke, he turned his head and instructed Gu Ning: "It's in the suitcase; let's hide it from sister-in-law, or if sister-in-law sees it, we won't be able to afford to give it away~"

"Yo yo yo, so it's a little secret~"

She didn't believe Li Xuewu couldn't afford it; he had brought out foreign red wine, and then brought out jade bracelets.

Even Zhou Wang Yamei had received a silk scarf, and Fu Zhidong had received a box of chocolates and an Yingjisha small knife.

Although she didn't know how much wealth this brother-in-law had, she absolutely didn't believe it was just the financial power of a physician's son and a deputy section chief's salary.

Everyone has their own fate; Mu Hongyan didn't pay too much attention to these things of Li Xuewu's.

A family being harmonious is always better than scheming against each other.

Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were truly good to her, and her husband didn't return often, but he was also sincere with her, so Mu Hongyan was also sincere in her treatment of her sister-in-law.

At this moment, seeing that it was late and her mother-in-law needed to rest, and that Li Xuewu had also arrived home today, she thought of using Gu Ning's gift as an excuse to end today's topic.

"If you won't let me see, then forget it; I won't help you next time~"

Mu Hongyan smiled and said a word to Li Xuewu, then said to her mother-in-law: "It's too late, and the in-laws will talk if I go back; let him go back."

"That's right, go back early and rest."

Ding Fengxia saw Fu Zhidong yawning, and seeing that it was past nine-thirty, she hurriedly told Li Xuewu to go back.

"It's a good thing you drove here; take Xiao Ning and the others back. I won't go to see your gift today."

Mu Hongyan said she wouldn't help Li Xuewu, but at this moment, she still created an opportunity for Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu smiled, stood up, said goodbye to his mother-in-law, and helped take Gu Ning's gift to the car.

He didn't let his mother-in-law come out of the room, and took Gu Ning and Zhou Wang Yamei and her son in the car and left.

Watching Xiao Qi close the gate, Mu Hongyan hugged her mother-in-law's arm and asked with a smile: "The daughter has gone with someone else, so the daughter-in-law will have to accompany you, right?"

"Haha, good, good, the daughter-in-law is good~"

"That's right~"

Gu Ning didn't know that her sister-in-law had "backstabbed" her as soon as she went out; at this moment, she was sitting in the passenger seat, looking at the streetlights on both sides of the road with an indescribable feeling.

Husband and wife returning home together?

It seemed to have a bit of that meaning, but she also felt like... like she was blushing a little.

Because he was driving the Willys, Li Xuewu didn't say much on the road.

Furthermore, Zhou Wang Yamei was sitting in the back, so he wasn't too embarrassed to tease Gu Ning.

When they arrived at the Haiyuncang villa, Li Xuewu didn't turn off the car engine, but carried the suitcase into the house.

He didn't go upstairs either; he put the suitcase down, smiled and touched Fu Zhidong's little face, said goodbye to Gu Ning and Zhou Wang Yamei, and then left.

Gu Ning also watched Li Xuewu's car drive away before she locked the gate, closed the door, and entered the living room.

Zhou Wang Yamei had gotten used to living here these past few days; if they ate at Gu Ning's house in the evening, she would come back and check the stove fire before going to sleep.

At this moment, her son was so sleepy he couldn't open his eyes, and he couldn't even hold onto the chocolate.

"You take him to sleep; I'll go check the stove."

Gu Ning let Zhou Wang Yamei go, then headed to the kitchen.

"I banked the fire before I left; just adding a little more will be fine."

Zhou Wang Yamei took the chocolate in her hand, held her son, and said to Gu Ning in the kitchen: "I'm going upstairs first."

"Good~"

Gu Ning looked at the stove fire; there was indeed still some left. She used a small shovel to add some coal, then covered the stove lid and walked out.

She looked at the black suitcase beside the coffee table; it was so big, how much stuff could it hold?

A slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth; she went to the bathroom to wash her hands first, then went to pick up the suitcase to go upstairs.

But as soon as she tried to lift it, she almost strained her arm; she hadn't expected the suitcase to be so heavy.

Frowning, she guessed wildly in her heart, then lifted the suitcase with effort and went upstairs.

Zhou Wang Yamei slept in the guest room with her son, and Gu Ning slept in the master bedroom by herself.

She gently pulled open the door to the master bedroom and entered the small living room.

Gu Ning looked at the round coffee table in the small living room; it seemed it couldn't hold this suitcase, so she carried it to the study.

The large desk in the study was empty; Zhou Wang Yamei would put away her books after reading them these past few days, so it was perfect for putting this suitcase.

Perhaps remembering the joking instruction Li Xuewu had given her, she glanced at the door at this moment before opening the suitcase's leather strap lock.

When she opened the suitcase and saw those books, Gu Ning's surprised and happy eyes were the same as Li Xuewu's when he saw these books in Old Baduo's car.

"The Belkin Tales", "After the Ball", "The Warden", "A Tale of Two Cities"...

She picked them out one by one to flip through; they were all original language versions. She was really pleasantly surprised by this gift.

From the time Li Xuewu first bought her books at the bookstore, she knew that he understood her hobbies.

Later, when she lent him "Jane Eyre" to read, the two of them also started to get to know each other bit by bit through books.

This time was especially a surprise; she didn't even look closely at the perfume and chocolate placed to the side.

She had received perfume before, but it didn't smell very good, and she didn't usually have a use for perfume.

She did try smelling the one Li Xuewu gave this time, and it was indeed much better than the ones she had before.

However, her profession and habits didn't really require it; she liked it, but she didn't like it as much as the books.

Gu Ning stood beside the desk, picking out a book to flip through for a while, smiling like an elf who had found a treasure.

After she picked up the last one and flipped through it for a while, Gu Ning reached into the suitcase to get a book, but grabbed a stack of cardboard instead.

"Ah!"

She was still wondering why there would be such thin books, and it was a whole stack; could it be magazines?

When she held it in her hand to look, what was wrapped in this thick stack of cardboard wasn't books, but fine silk fabric.

The circular cutout in the middle of the cardboard only allowed a glimpse of part of the fabric and color.

She didn't understand what was wrapped inside, but she understood the text and promotional pictures on the cardboard packaging.

It was too embarrassing; how... how could he give this kind of thing!

Fortunately, the soundproofing of this master bedroom was good, otherwise Gu Ning's exclamation would surely have called Zhou Wang Yamei over.

She also realized at this moment that she was alone in the room.

Blushing, pinching her fingers, and slightly closing her eyes to dodge, she picked up the cardboard packaging scattered all over the floor with the embarrassing promotional pictures one by one and threw them back into the suitcase.

But when she finished picking these things up and looked at the messy things in the suitcase, she didn't know how to handle them.

It wasn't that she hadn't seen this kind of stocking, but domestic nylon production wasn't high now, and even fewer people wore this kind, so it was impossible to see this stuff now.

How could he be like this!

Gu Ning dodged and glanced at the things in the suitcase, blushing with anger.

No wonder he said to hide it from sister-in-law; it turned out he wanted to be naughty!

Li Xuewu was truly wronged; the key was that he didn't even know he was wronged.

When he got the suitcase, he didn't touch the book side; he only took out the perfume and filled it with chocolate.

Just looking at it like that, you really couldn't see that there would be that stuff under the books in the suitcase.

Besides, who would have thought that it would be placed under a pile of literary classics.

When he parked the car in the courtyard, it was already nearly ten o'clock; it was Old Da Lao who hadn't slept yet, waiting for him.

Actually, Old Biaozi and the others hadn't fallen asleep either; they had eaten a lot today and were excited from drinking, so they were lying on the kang chatting.

Li Xuewu didn't go into the room either; he said goodbye to Old Da Lao and headed to the backyard.

The courtyard under the night sky was very quiet.

Lights were on on both sides of every door, illuminating the road in the courtyard very clearly.

There was no chaos from the Three Great Masters' house, no crying or screaming from the Jia family, and no unreliability from Sha Zhu; the courtyard was truly quiet.

Li Xuewu walked through the front courtyard and the middle courtyard; he could hear a cough or two coming from the rooms from time to time, but it didn't disturb the neighbors' sleep.

He really liked this tranquility; at least it brought him psychological comfort.

Entering the backyard, seeing the lights on at home, Li Xuewu thought that Yu Li was still waiting for him.

It wasn't like last time when both of them were asleep; at this moment, Yushui was watching TV, and Yu Li was sewing something on the sewing machine beside the fireplace.

"You're finally back!"

Yushui stood up, wrinkled her nose, and complained to Li Xuewu: "If you didn't come back, the two of us would have fallen asleep here again."

"Hehe, you still know how to eat melon seeds even if you fall asleep!"

Li Xuewu took off his coat; he had already seen his clothes hanging in the courtyard when he entered the house just now, obviously Yu Li had washed them all today.

"I've been watching the house for you for so many days, and you're still stingy about a few melon seeds!"

Yushui pouted and scolded Li Xuewu: "I won't come to help you watch the house next time you go out~"

"I didn't ask you to come either~"

Li Xuewu smiled, took out a box of chocolate from behind him, and placed it in front of Yushui.

"Hey!..."

Seeing Li Xuewu's annoying words, Yushui was just about to speak when she suddenly saw the chocolate box Li Xuewu took out from behind him, and couldn't help but change to a pleasantly surprised smile.

"Is this for me?"

"No."

Li Xuewu deliberately annoyed Yushui and said: "I'm just putting it here to look at."

"Then I'll help you look at it."

Perhaps because she was familiar with Li Xuewu, perhaps because she was familiar with Yu Li, or perhaps because she knew some of Li Xuewu's "little secrets," Yushui wasn't as distant from Li Xuewu at this moment.

She opened the box, pinched a piece, and tasted it.

"Hiss~ so sweet!"

Yushui frowned and squinted, but her mouth was shouting that it was sweet.

The Soviet Union was really a magical organization; they basically didn't grow cocoa beans, but they were a major producer and consumer of chocolate.

The annual consumption of chocolate candy was really particularly high, and the chocolate from the Gaerji candy factory was even famous for being cloyingly sweet.

Yushui was choked by eating something so sweet all of a sudden.

Yu Li held a corner of the fabric in her hand, looked at Yushui who was choked, and laughed: "You're like that and you still eat it~"

"It's delicious, really delicious~"

After Yushui finished eating, she pinched a piece and forcibly stuffed it into Yu Li's mouth.

"It's particularly sweet!"

Seeing Yu Li also frowning, Yushui stood to the side and emphasized.

Li Xuewu entered the inner room, untying his shirt sleeves while looking at the framed calligraphy that Yu Li had found for him.

The frame was black-purple wood; Li Xuewu didn't recognize it, and the background should be silk or brocade, which he didn't recognize either.

He only recognized those few words: "Gift to the People's Guardian Li Xuewu."

He was going to brag about this for a lifetime; without the real thing, how could he brag? Of course, it had to be hung in the new house.

In the future, the new house would be used to receive some people of status, and it would only be interesting to brag to them.

In this courtyard... he didn't need to use this calligraphy to brag; he was enough to brag about himself.

"Do you want to put it away?"

Yu Li brought foot-washing water, saw Li Xuewu standing in front of the calligraphy in a daze, and couldn't help but ask: "Or hang it somewhere?"

"I'll handle it."

Li Xuewu replied, said to Yu Li: "You've been tired all day, rest early, I'll do it myself."

"Let me tidy up for you after you finish washing before I go."

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu's face with heartache; she had managed it well, but now it looked a bit peeling.

She also hadn't thought that Li Xuewu was thick-skinned; how could he care about that little bit of peeling on his face.

Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li's stubborn eyes, so he helplessly walked back to the living room to wash his feet.

Yushui had eaten Li Xuewu's chocolate, but she still didn't spare Li Xuewu with her mouth.

"You're such an adult, and you still don't know how to fetch foot-washing water!"

Yushui crossed her legs, rested her chin on her hand, watched Yu Li serving Li Xuewu washing his feet, and couldn't help but mock him.

"I don't know."

Li Xuewu's answer was also very crisp and shameless, without any hesitation.

At this moment, he was leaning on the sofa soaking his feet, his eyes squinting, and his mouth wasn't idle either.

"Don't you know that those who eat others' food have short mouths?"

"I don't know!"

Yushui also learned Li Xuewu's trick, took a bite of chocolate, and said: "It's not like you asked me to eat it, so why should my mouth be short?"

"You're really right!"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "I've really seen such unreasonable and self-righteous words for the first time."

"That's because you've seen too little~"

Yushui pointed to the chocolate in the box and said: "You get me more delicious food, and I'll let you see something even more unreasonable."

"Hehe, am I sick!"

Li Xuewu tilted his head, glanced at the sewing machine side, and asked Yu Li: "What are you doing?"

"Pants."

Yu Li put the rag for wiping feet beside Li Xuewu's hand, walked back to the sewing machine and sat down, thinking of sewing a few more stitches while she was at it.

"The weather is warming up soon, and you don't have thin clothes yet."

Li Xuewu had been gone for three years; the clothes he had before he left couldn't be worn anymore, and the clothes he brought back were military uniforms, which couldn't be worn even more.

If you talk about workers, wearing anything is the same, but Li Xuewu isn't a cadre now.

Spring and autumn are white shirts, Zhongshan suits or jackets, black or gray pants, cloth shoes.

In summer, he still has to prepare short-sleeved white shirts, pants that match Li Xuewu's leather shoes or cloth shoes.

Yu Li has to prepare for Li Xuewu now, although Li Xuewu didn't ask her to do it.

But now Liu Yin and the old lady in Li Xuewu's house are busy; if she doesn't do it, who else can do it.

Li Xuewu nodded and didn't say anything more.

Yushui, seeing Li Xuewu stop talking, took the initiative to ask: "Aren't you eating?"

"Chocolate?"

Li Xuewu looked at Yushui and said: "I don't like sweet things; I'll get fat."

"Is it bad to be fat?"

Yushui looked at Li Xuewu in surprise and said: "People who are looking for partners all pick fat ones; not only do they look blessed, but it also shows that your family lives well."

"Forget it~"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "My family lives normally, so I won't show off with meat."

"Pah~"

Yushui glanced at Li Xuewu; this person only knows how to talk nonsense.

Still living normally; if this life is normal, then she is a poor family, don't live anymore.

Li Xuewu was just deliberately teasing Yushui; this girl had a sense of proportion and wouldn't go out and show off randomly, otherwise he wouldn't have given her chocolate to eat.

Although this stuff is also a type of candy, it's very difficult, very difficult to eat this kind of chocolate now.

You can buy it at the Friendship Store, but you have to use foreign exchange or foreign exchange coupons.

The large courtyard where Gu Ning lives sometimes has it, but it's snatched up as soon as it's seen.

Li Xuewu was also thanking her for accompanying Yu Li here to watch the house for him for ten days.

Furthermore, Li Xuewu always felt a bit guilty towards Yushui; although he didn't say it or mention it, he remembered it.

From Sha Zhu's side, Li Xuewu didn't treat her as an outsider either.

Although Sha Zhu didn't participate in the management of the Bai Bai Xiyuan and didn't help manage things, Sha Zhu had always been the one cooking dinner.

When resting, he would even make a meal to improve everyone's food, which was enough.

Now he had given his house to Yushui and Yu Li to live in, and Yushui's small room was given to Xilin and the others to live in.

Don't look at Li Xuewu messing with Yushui; messing is messing, but he must take care of what should be taken care of.

As a person, you can bully anyone, but you can't bully a fool, and you can't let down a fool who is good to you.

After washing his feet, Li Xuewu wiped them himself and poured the water himself.

Yu Li heard this, so she put away the work on the sewing machine, wiped the floor for Li Xuewu, and went out with Yushui to go back.

Before leaving, Yushui was embarrassed to take the chocolate, but Li Xuewu still let Yu Li take it.

After Yu Li left, Li Xuewu put away the calligraphy in the inner room, turned off the light, and lay down to sleep.

It was the same as the time he returned from demobilization; the kang started shaking "clatter-clatter" at the frequency of a train again.

Roosting birds move in the front forest,

Morning light rises on the east room.

The copper stove adds morning incense,

The gauze cage extinguishes the remaining candles.

In early spring, only the sparrows, one of the four pests, dared to come and disturb Li Xuewu's dream in the capital.

But it must be said, waking up at the same time, the light in the morning in March was already very sufficient.

There was no copper stove in the house for Yu Li to light incense, and no gauze-caged candle holder for Yu Li to blow out the candles.

There was a kang stove that Yu Li had tidied up after coming in the morning.

"Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Perhaps seeing that Li Xuewu woke up because of the sound of her collecting stove ash, Yu Li walked to the edge of the kang, rested her hands on both sides of Li Xuewu's head, and looked down at Li Xuewu's face.

"What time is it?"

""

Yu Li didn't pull open the curtains after entering the room, so the inner room looked very dim at this moment.

Only a few beams of sunlight sneaking in from the gap in the curtains were mocking Li Xuewu for sleeping in, and also reminding Li Xuewu that it was already late.

"Not sleeping anymore."

Li Xuewu opened his eyes; he had something on his mind, so he couldn't sleep once he woke up.

He reached out and wrapped his hand around the back of Yu Li's head and pulled her down gently.

"Mmm~~"

"Hehe."

After teasing Yu Li, Li Xuewu let go of his hand and said with a light laugh: "Did you miss me?"

"Go away~"

Although Yu Li said so, she held Li Xuewu's face and lowered her body to kiss him again.

"If you can't sleep, get up; they are all up."

"Who? Pazile and the others?"

"Hmm, who else."

Yu Li reached out to take the sleep crust from the corner of Li Xuewu's eyes and said: "Xilin helped me cook in the morning; I don't know what Pazile is doing, but he is turning around in the courtyard."

Li Xuewu tilted his head and glanced at Yu Li and said: "Except for Pazile whom I have arrangements for, the other three will help at the recycling station first; you take them."

"Hmm, got it."

Yu Li used her fingers to comb Li Xuewu's hair and said: "They all look like diligent people; we chatted when we ate yesterday, and they are quite good people."

"Their dietary habits are different from ours; Diliya should know how to cook; if she wants to do anything, you should provide her with convenience."

Li Xuewu instructed while sitting up, reaching out to embrace Yu Li and hug her.

Yu Li also cherished the time she spent with Li Xuewu and greedily smelled the scent on Li Xuewu's body.

"There is a process of adaptation when suddenly exposed to a new environment."

Li Xuewu looked down at Yu Li and said: "Let Diliya and Xilin do whatever they can; don't be polite; I told Gelin to help the old lady do some carpentry."

"Hmm."

Yu Li knew that Li Xuewu's time was precious, so she sat up and took the clothes from the edge of the kang to serve Li Xuewu to put them on.

"The Jia family had some trouble a few days ago."

Yu Li hesitated, but still told him about what happened a few days ago while serving Li Xuewu.

"If you don't cut it when you should, you will suffer from the chaos."

Li Xuewu stood in front of the mirror and tidied his clothes; a shirt with a jacket really had the style of an old cadre.

Yu Li adjusted the position of Li Xuewu's belt, putting the metal buckle right in the middle.

"Qin Huairu came to find me."

Yu Li raised her head and glanced at Li Xuewu, but didn't continue.

She knew that even if she didn't say it, Li Xuewu knew what Qin Huairu came to find her for.

"Don't bother with her."

Li Xuewu frowned and let Yu Li tidy his pant legs, and helped him tidy his slightly long sideburns.

"That girl had a bitter life before entering the city, and after entering the city, she lost her way; nothing can satisfy her."

Li Xuewu didn't discriminate against or dislike Qin Jingru.

Because he hadn't had much contact with Qin Jingru, and hadn't thought about having any intersection, so he didn't care, and there was no such thing as discrimination or dislike.

This attitude now was completely because one could see her unwillingness to be from a rural background and her longing for urban life from Qin Jingru's eyes.

This longing itself was not a problem, but it was mixed with resentment, pickiness, and dissatisfaction; she herself didn't have independent thinking and was very easy to go to extremes.

If she met a good person, gave her time to slowly teach her and lead her, she could still eliminate the psychological influence brought by this identity.

But the premise is not to find him; Li Xuewu didn't have the time to raise flowers; he couldn't even finish watering the flowers he had.

Wearing the polished leather shoes Yu Li found for him, Li Xuewu carried his bag and went out.

He always went to the inverted room for breakfast in the morning.

Yu Li also made breakfast with Xiao Yan who came in the morning, and Xilin, before coming to Li Xuewu's side.

Of course, there were too many people now; they couldn't handle the cooking before, and now the Thirteen Guardians would also take turns helping in the kitchen when they got up in the morning.

There wasn't just kitchen work in the morning; everyone who got up in the morning also had to tidy up the Bai Bai Xiyuan, sweep the courtyard and the entrance, and tidy up the tricycle to prepare for going out.

Li Xuewu had just walked to the moon gate when he saw Banggeng carrying a water bucket and coming in.

"Just got up?"

"Wu Shu!"

Banggeng first greeted him, then shook the water bucket in his hand and smiled: "Got up early; I went to the river to catch some river shrimp; my grandma said this stuff is good for feeding chickens to lay eggs."

"Did the chickens start laying?"

Li Xuewu turned his head in surprise and glanced at the chicken coop.

"That's right, I forgot to tell you."

Banggeng smiled and said: "They started laying a few days ago; the eggs are all stored in my basket; should I send them to your house tonight?"

"Good man!"

Li Xuewu patted Banggeng's little shoulder and said with a smile: "Help me send my share to the front courtyard house; my little sister wants to eat."

"Got it, Wu Shu!"

Banggeng seemed to be in the tooth-changing period; he lost a tooth, so he kept pursing his lips when talking, afraid of showing the gap.

Li Xuewu looked at the small river shrimp in the bucket, reached into his pocket, took out two yuan, and handed it to Banggeng.

"You can't afford to feed them just with this; you haven't bought bran for two months, buy some more."

"Got it, Wu Shu!"

Banggeng smiled and took the money, carrying the water bucket to the backyard.

The joy of harvesting eggs made Banggeng very keen on feeding chickens.

He couldn't find cabbage leaves in the courtyard anymore, so he could only run to the Yu River at the entrance early in the morning to catch river shrimp to feed the chickens.

Li Xuewu wasn't someone who took advantage without end; don't take advantage of the child for money that should be spent.

Entering the middle courtyard, seeing that the room where Xilin and the others were staying was empty, it was obvious that they had all gone to the inverted room.

Qin Huairu happened to see Li Xuewu in the courtyard; according to the enthusiasm last night, she had to go up and greet him.

But at this moment, she was helping Qin Jingru go to the bathroom, hesitating and not knowing how to speak to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu didn't care; he didn't even look at Qin Huairu, but asked Qin Huairu: "Didn't drink too much last night, right?"

"No, didn't drink too much."

Qin Huairu smiled embarrassedly, seeing Li Xuewu walk a few more steps towards this side, obviously looking at the two girls who came last night.

"They got up quite early and went to the front."

"Got it, understood."

Li Xuewu nodded and carried his bag to the front.

Qin Jingru kept her head down, not daring to look at Li Xuewu; she didn't know why, but she was just afraid of Li Xuewu.

"Morning, Third Master."

"Morning, man!"

Li Xuewu happened to walk to his door, greeted his daughter who was standing by the window looking at him, and just as he turned back, he met the Third Master walking into the hanging flower gate.

It was the Third Master who greeted him first, so Li Xuewu couldn't be rude.

So he greeted him first, but didn't expect the Third Master to stop Li Xuewu.

"Man, I have a favor to ask."

"Yo, Third Master, why are you so polite?"

Li Xuewu was really surprised to see the Third Master so polite for the first time; he was surprised when he called him "man" before.

This Third Master held onto his identity as a teacher, but rarely said this colloquialism, and wouldn't be so polite to others.

"Hi!"

Yan Fugui waved his hand, dried his eyes, looked at Li Xuewu embarrassedly, and said: "Now, Third Master is a useless person."

"Oh!"

Li Xuewu took a step back, looked at the Third Master, and then said: "Doesn't this look pretty good~"

"Hi, don't mention it!"

Yan Fugui talked more with Li Shun, but couldn't say it to Li Xuewu.

"You, when you go to Hongxing Village, remember to help Third Master call Jiecheng back for a trip; I have something to find him for."

"Good, good, no problem."

Li Xuewu didn't say he would go to Hongxing Village today, just agreed in his mouth.

He still had to eat breakfast, so how could he have time to mushroom here with the Third Master.

"Remember to drink more hot water, bask in the sun more, don't always think blindly alone."

Li Xuewu smiled and instructed the Third Master before entering his house.

"Mom."

Seeing his mother heating milk for Li Shu, Li Xuewu took out a bracelet with the same material and workmanship as the one for his mother-in-law from his pocket.

There was no box or anything, so he smiled and pulled his mother's hand and put it on hard.

"What is this?"

Li Xuewu walked over, Liu Yin didn't pay attention, and didn't pay attention when she saw her son grabbing her hand.

This second son had been much closer to her since he returned, and the mother and son were close now.

But she didn't see anything when her son's big hand grabbed it, and only after it felt painful on her wrist did she discover that there was an extra jade bracelet on her wrist.

"My birthday was on the 3rd, and I didn't catch up to kowtow to you."

Li Xuewu smiled, carried his bag, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to his mother. "Son's birthday, mother's difficult day, wish my mother eternal youth and health."

"This child."

Liu Yin looked at the second son kneeling on the ground, and her tears came down all of a sudden; she couldn't care about the bracelet on her wrist, and reached out to pull her son.

Only when raising children do you know the grace of parents; who knew what she and her husband paid for this son Li Xuewu.

Now seeing her son so successful, Liu Yin only felt that she didn't know what kind of blessing she had cultivated in her previous life, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

At this moment, her throat was choked and she couldn't speak, and her hand kept rubbing her son's face.

Li Xuewu stood up, wiped his mother's tears, comforted her with a few words, and then entered the inner room.

Seeing Li Xuewu coming towards her, the old lady pinched her tobacco pouch and hurriedly waved her hand to signal Li Xuewu not to come over.

Li Xuewu smiled and stuffed a string of jade prayer beads into the old lady's hand.

"Sun Er's thought is for your health and longevity."

Li Xuewu took out a bead and showed it to the old lady, saying: "I was thinking of you taking care of Li Shu at home when I was on a business trip, and happened to see it; it's really fate, it should be grandson's filial piety to you."

He didn't give the old lady a chance to refute, and seeing his daughter pouncing over, he caught her, hugged her, and kissed her.

Li Shu didn't want to be hugged by her father now; she dodged and wanted to see what was in the old lady's hand.

Li Xuewu hugged her and sent her into his mother's arms, carried his bag, and went out.

"This child~"

Liu Yin wiped her tears and wanted to chase Li Xuewu but didn't catch up.

The old lady squinted and looked at the yellow jade prayer beads in her hand; she couldn't see anything without looking carefully.

She touched and looked at it against the morning sun, but there was a "shou" character in a different brush style on each prayer bead.

The old lady didn't believe in Buddha or Tao in her life; believing in Buddha and Tao is not as good as walking the right path.

Her family's old man's ancestors were all doctors who saved lives; now the eldest son inherits his father's career, the second son is upright and filial, the third son contributes to the country, and the grandson and granddaughter are successful.

The old lady believes that as long as the heart is upright, she is not afraid of disaster and not afraid of misfortune.

But the prayer beads sent by her grandson today still made the old lady greedy.

The old lady prays to live a few more years, take care of her great-grandchildren for a few more years, and let the next generation of children grow up well.

Liu Yin, standing in the living room, was holding her granddaughter with old tears, which made Li Shun frown.

He waved his hand to signal Li Xue, who had been watching here, to take the child quickly, and said in his mouth: "Alright, hurry up and cook, it's going to be late."

"That's not your son!"

Damn! Li Shun bumped into the gun muzzle himself.

Liu Yin gave the child to her daughter and glared at Li Shun.

"The son is thinking of me; I've been with you for more than twenty years, and I haven't even gotten a stone!"

Liu Yin was afraid of hurting herself while working, so she wiped the bracelet on her hand, but she scolded Li Shun in her mouth.

Li Shun also knew that he must get such a sentence if he opened his mouth.

But he had no choice; he couldn't cook himself, and cooking was useless; this sentence would fall on him sooner or later.

Who let his son be successful now; Li Shun is speechless now.

Li Xue held Li Shu and looked at her father's appearance, and secretly laughed.

Seeing her little aunt laugh, Li Shu also followed and grinned her little mouth.

Li Xuewu didn't know that his father was nagging him behind his back; he hid away by leaving early last night, and gave gifts to the old lady and his mother this morning without waiting for his father to speak.

He is also afraid of his father scolding him now, because of a bottle of wine, a person so big, how embarrassing it is to be scolded again.

Mainly because that bottle of wine didn't fall into his stomach either; those two perverts should be scolded.

As soon as he entered the inverted room, he saw Xilin and Diliya busy, and a few boys carrying pickles and corn buns to the table.

"Are you used to eating?"

Li Xuewu asked Pazile after sitting at the table.

Pazile looked at Xilin and his sister Diliya.

Xilin smiled and said: "It's not bad to have something to eat; we used to be so hungry that we even ate pasture."

"Then you are really happy~"

Old Biaozi sat on the stool and smiled: "We used to be so hungry that we could only drink the northwest wind."

"Hahahahahaha~"

Who sitting at the table hasn't been hungry? Everyone knows the taste of hunger is uncomfortable.

So don't look at the food last night being good, no one complained about corn buns, rice porridge, and pickles this morning.

Now the inverted room is raising a whole family, and it's really not bad to have something to eat.

If it weren't for the sufficient grain that Li Xuewu brought back from the Northeast, who could afford to raise so many people.

Even if everyone works to earn money, they can't buy so much grain.

Li Xuewu's grain is in Wen San'er's hands; he has never received grain himself, and has never seen his own grain.

It's already not easy to toss such a big stall and let so many people eat their fill.

Time was tight this morning; Li Xuewu gave Old Biaozi a look, and both of them ate breakfast quickly, then went to the west room with Wen San'er who came in the morning.

"Third Uncle, go and calculate the accounts today."

Li Xuewu put the account book and the official seal on the table and instructed Wen San'er: "After calculating the accounts clearly, dock with the Rolling Mill's finance section, and transfer the money over as soon as possible."

"Is it withdrawing cash?"

Wen San'er asked specifically; at this time, there was no simple fund processing method like bank transfer.

Large-amount cash transactions can be carried out between units, of course, also because fund supervision is not in place at this time.

"Cash."

Li Xuewu emphasized: "Leave 30,000 of the withdrawn money in the account, and do the rest of the accounts to the Jingxi Procurement Service Department, and hand over the cash to the account."

"Understood."

Wen San'er knew that this was Li Xuewu doing fund transfer; he didn't dare to ask where so much money was to be arranged.

Since he said to send this cash to the account, it was the other courtyard; Wen San'er could only follow Li Xuewu's orders.

Don't look at them having shares in this money, but now no one dares to mention dividing the money; that's not dividing money, that's parting ways.

Following Li Xuewu means what he and Old Biaozi both know; so much money in the account doesn't feel like anything.

Wen San'er is afraid that if it really falls into his hands, he won't be able to hold it, so it's appropriate to let Li Xuewu handle it.

He is also not afraid of Li Xuewu swallowing this money; if he wanted to swallow it, he wouldn't be playing with them.

After finishing the matter of money, Li Xuewu turned to Old Biaozi and instructed: "Director Ma's side can't be shorted; after Third Uncle withdraws the money, take some cigarettes and wine, and take another 500 yuan."

"500?!!!"

Old Biaozi couldn't help but speak after hearing the number: "Brother Wu..."