Chapter 456: Eat Well!

Daqiang and the other had already stood up, standing in place and staring at Li Xuewu.

Pazile, on the other hand, sat on the edge of the kang with a look of disdain, his eyes fixed on their backs.

Wen Saner watched Shopkeeper Zhang's gaze condense on Li Xuewu's face, the air freezing as if ice shards were about to form.

"You look down on me!"

"How dare I!"

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Li Xuewu's expression, which hadn't changed, but said word for word, "It's the rules of the underworld."

"Whose rules?"

Li Xuewu blew on his teacup and said, "My rules are the rules."

Watching Li Xuewu drink tea in such a domineering manner, Shopkeeper Zhang took out a dagger from his arms again, "slapped" it on the kang table, and pushed the hilt toward Li Xuewu.

"You are the knife and the cutting board."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu looked at the dagger on the table and chuckled, "I don't recognize this."

"Then what do you recognize? Draw a path for us."

"I recognize people."

Li Xuewu raised his head slightly, looking at the opposite side. His snake-like and tiger-like gaze made Shopkeeper Zhang's back bristle.

"Do you have such a big scene?"

"You don't need to worry about this."

Li Xuewu put the teacup in his hand on the kang table, drooping his eyelids, and said, "I set up a banquet as big as the table I have."

"Then can I eat my fill?"

"Hahahaha!"

Li Xuewu laughed like a lunatic at this moment, turned his head to look at Wen Saner, and asked, "Third Uncle, are you hungry?"

"I'm starving!"

Wen Saner's serious face suddenly revealed a smile, raised his eyebrows, and complained, "Your Third Aunt was busy with the children tonight and didn't cook for me. I'm starving to death!"

"Yu Jie!"

"Here!"

Seeing Li Xuewu shout with a smile, Yu Li responded crisply.

"Is the food ready!"

"It's been ready for a long time! Four dishes!"

"Is the wine warmed!"

"Fifty-two-degree sorghum wine!"

The two sang in harmony, confusing everyone in the room. Shopkeeper Zhang and the three couldn't see the door from where they were sitting. At this moment, hearing the woman's response, they only felt their hearts trembling.

Li Xuewu straightened his sleeves, looked at Shopkeeper Zhang, and said, "Guests are guests from afar, treat them with good wine and good food."

"Okay!"

Yu Li gave a look to Diliya and others standing in the kitchen, then placed a platter of braised goods on the table.

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at the woman who entered the room, guessing that this was the person cooperating with the proprietor opposite.

Li Xuewu let Yu Li put down the dishes and turn away, reached out and turned the dagger on the table, and pushed the hilt back toward him.

"Here, we don't pay attention to this."

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Li Xuewu and didn't go to pick up the dagger.

Li Xuewu didn't care about his expression, took his hand back, and pressed it on the pile of gold bars under the gaze of everyone in the room.

"I have plenty of this."

Li Xuewu smiled and pushed the golden yellow back again under Shopkeeper Zhang's strange gaze.

"Here, we pay even less attention to this than eating and drinking well."

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't look at the knife and gold on the table, stared at Li Xuewu's eyes, and asked slowly, "Then my brother?"

"Third Uncle!"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Wen Saner and smiled, "Sincere cooperation, deep fate, don't you want to say hello?"

Wen Saner smiled at this moment and looked at Brother Da Chun and Daqiang standing on the ground, arching his hands and greeting, "Brother Brother Da Chun, Brother Daqiang, how have you been since we parted in Steel City?"

Daqiang looked at Wen Saner, then at Li Xuewu, and finally at the shopkeeper.

He was Shopkeeper Zhang's head horse, naturally following the shopkeeper's lead.

He is a horse, but the one beside him is a donkey.

"Don't even mention it!"

Brother Da Chun rolled up his sleeves, walked over, stepped on the kang with two feet, and sat down beside their shopkeeper.

Looking at Wen Saner, he complained incessantly: "You are fine, you got on the train and ran away, leaving us behind. We were waiting for our wives like fools! We ran..."

"Brother Da Chun!"

Seeing that this silly roe deer really dared to get on the kang and wanted to talk nonsense, Daqiang hurriedly stopped him.

Brother Da Chun glanced at the shopkeeper, and seeing that the shopkeeper didn't stop him at this moment, he treated Daqiang as a silly strong person who didn't understand anything.

"Fortunately, we were lucky. We ran to JMS, and then went around a circle in Great Qing, otherwise we would have explained it!"

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu looked at Brother Da Chun and said to Shopkeeper Zhang, "Brother Brother Da Chun is still so temperamental, and he doesn't seem to care that my food is bad."

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Brother Da Chun with a smile, as if he didn't care about Li Xuewu's words.

Brother Da Chun looked at Xilin and Diliya serving fish and meat, and his eyes widened.

The food here is good, and the women here are also good-looking.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Brother Da Chun looked at Xilin's face, not knowing whether he was saying the food was not bad or the person was not bad.

Xilin and the other didn't pay attention to him, served the dishes, and went out.

The last dish was served by Yu Li, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and the wine was served by Quan Yongcheng, the fourth of the thirteen protectors.

According to Li Xuewu's signal, he put a wine glass in front of everyone and filled it with wine.

Even Daqiang, who had been standing on the ground, was prepared a glass in an empty seat.

"How is it?"

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Shopkeeper Zhang, then looked at Daqiang standing on the ground and asked, "Aren't you hungry?"

Daqiang looked at Li Xuewu, didn't answer, but glared at Brother Da Chun who turned his head to look at him.

Brother Da Chun looked at silly strong, beckoned and said, "Why are you glaring at me? Didn't you say you were hungry when you got off the train? Come on!"

Daqiang glared at Brother Da Chun, and cursed in a low voice without making a sound.

Brother Da Chun also saw that Daqiang cursed him, but didn't care. He was a silly strong person, why bother with a fool.

"Come over, hurry up and get on the kang to eat!"

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu and Wen Saner looked at Brother Da Chun and Daqiang winking at each other and laughed.

"Okay, it's hard to refuse kindness, guests follow the host."

Shopkeeper Zhang turned his head, looked at Daqiang, and smiled, "The proprietor wants to treat you to dinner, so give him some face."

Daqiang nodded, took off his shoes, got on the kang, and sat beside Brother Da Chun.

"That's right~"

Li Xuewu smiled and grabbed the bowl on the table and put it in front of Daqiang, saying, "Pick up the bowl and eat well, you have to listen to advice."

Daqiang looked at Li Xuewu and didn't say anything, but his face was still that rebellious look.

Brother Da Chun put the wine glass in front of him, but it attracted a frightening look.

Used to it, didn't care.

Brother Da Chun smiled and moved his bowl and chopsticks, looking at Li Xuewu and the others, meaning why not start eating?

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Yu Li standing on the ground and said, "I smell the sauce, sister, do you have any green onions, serve a bowl of sauce."

"This... that's what we eat ourselves, it's too casual..."

Yu Li said, but looked at Li Xuewu, meaning is this serving or not.

Li Xuewu didn't care. He had fish and meat, green onions and sauce, and even knives and guns.

"It doesn't matter, I just like this bite."

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Li Xuewu and said, "The hometown is hard to leave, the hometown flavor is hard to give up, I just like to eat this."

"Whatever you have, just take it."

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Yu Li and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang is one of our own, he won't pick on our etiquette."

"Good!"

Yu Li glanced at Shopkeeper Zhang and turned to go out.

Li Xuewu turned to look at Shopkeeper Zhang and said, "My name is Li Xuewu. I hid my name for the convenience of walking before."

"Hehe."

Wen Saner picked up his wine glass and smiled, "My name is Wen Hanze, also for the convenience of walking."

"Both of you are very convenient!"

Shopkeeper Zhang knew that he had to eat this table of food, or leave, and drink this wine, or pour it out.

If you eat the food and drink the wine, you won't be yourself in the future.

If you don't eat this food and don't drink this wine, you are yourself, then the madman in Steel City has to be handled by himself.

If he could handle it, why would he beg for help after entering the pass.

"My name is Zhang Wanhe, real name and real surname."

Brother Da Chun saw the shopkeeper pick up the wine glass and joined in the fun: "My name is Hu Haichun, Brother Da Chun is my number."

"Shut up!"

Daqiang glared at him and cursed in a low voice: "Did I ask you? What does it have to do with you!"

"Whether you ask me or not, my name is Hu Haichun!"

Brother Da Chun smiled indifferently, pointed at Daqiang and introduced him to everyone: "Hahaha, his name is Zhou Ziqiang, Daqiang is his number."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu looked at the two and chuckled, raising his wine glass forward.

"Then let's wish us a good meal!"

"Cheers!"

Li Xuewu's words were interesting, and these people listened to them realistically, holding their wine glasses and drinking them.

At this moment, Yu Li brought fried sauce and a plate of squeezed vegetables and walked in, putting them on the table and saying, "They are all dried at home, try them."

"Good, good."

Shopkeeper Zhang waved his hand and said, "I just like this, thank you sister."

Laughing and talking, he had already reached out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of squeezed cabbage and dipped it in sauce to eat.

Li Xuewu reached out and pushed the dishes forward, signaling Brother Da Chun and Daqiang to eat.

Brother Da Chun was familiar with it, said thank you to Li Xuewu, reached out his chopsticks and greeted the fat meat slices, eating with a mouth full of oil.

Daqiang curled his lips and moved his butt away in disgust.

Stay away, so as not to get oil all over.

After picking up the rice bowl, he couldn't talk about things. Shopkeeper Zhang threw the gold and dagger on the table behind him, picked up the wine glass and returned a toast to Li Xuewu.

"Respect to the proprietor!"

"Respect to the shopkeeper!"

Li Xuewu picked up the wine glass and returned it, glancing at Wen Saner.

Wen Saner picked up the wine glass and smiled: "Respect to abundance!"

"Hahaha~"

Four dishes, plus the dipped vegetables Shopkeeper Zhang wanted, Li Xuewu and Wen Saner basically didn't eat much, all of which were eliminated by these three guests from outside the pass.

Although Wen Saner said he didn't eat at home, it was actually just a casual remark. At that time, it wasn't about eating.

After eating, Li Xuewu signaled to Yu Li and others waiting in the room, and the three came to clean up the bowls and dishes.

"The proprietor's life is free."

Zhang Wanhe looked at the three women busy on the ground with envy. What he envied was more than that.

"It's all luck."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I also envy the shopkeeper's freedom outside the pass~"

"Can't catch up."

Zhang Wanhe waved his hand and said, "It's far away, don't dare to mention one-tenth."

After eating, Brother Da Chun and Daqiang both got off the kang and sat on the edge of the kang with Pazile.

The two were drinking tea that was brewed again, but they saw a strong man like a bear enter the room.

Good guy, the three who saw Ge Lin for the first time were stunned.

This... what kind of ghost is this.

Seeing the frontier man sitting on the edge of the kang was not a good person, and at this moment, seeing another guy with a bigger body.

Ge Lin saw strangers and hesitated, but was pushed by Xilin behind him, so he walked in.

Seeing that the three strangers were looking at him, he habitually ignored these curious eyes, walked to the other side of Pazile and sat down silently.

He also just came back from the west courtyard, the grandfather explained that the coffin had to be painted again.

Ge Lin is obedient, and especially obedient.

Whatever the grandfather said, it must be done, and he was gradually discovered by the grandfather to have a clever side.

Actually, it's not clever, it's just a single mind and focused work.

Li Xuewu saw the surprise of Shopkeeper Zhang and the three, and continued indifferently: "I think life outside the pass is better than inside."

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Shopkeeper Zhang who turned his head to look at him, saying, "The land is vast and the resources are abundant, and it is not exhausted."

"It's all fought for by life."

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't oppose Li Xuewu's words, but also pointed out the actual situation of the agricultural reclamation in the Northeast now.

"Only by fighting can you have a good life. If you don't fight, wait for death?"

Li Xuewu refilled the teacup for Shopkeeper Zhang opposite, and also refilled Wen Saner.

"Beating roe deer with sticks, scooping fish with ladles, pheasants flying into the big pot."

"Who doesn't know our hometown is good?"

Shopkeeper Zhang lit his cigarette bag, squinted his eyes and said, "But you only see the wealth in the city, not the difficulties below."

"It's all the same."

Li Xuewu took out cigarettes, first respected Wen Saner, then took one himself, and threw the rest to Daqiang who was looking here.

Daqiang was also startled by Li Xuewu's sudden action, and hurriedly reached out to catch it.

But when he came to his senses, it was a box of Daqian Sect.

Li Xuewu smiled at the stunned Daqiang and continued, "I have a mountain in the north of the capital. If you have time tomorrow, I will let my people take you to see it."

"Oh!"

Shopkeeper Zhang's eyes condensed. He didn't quite believe Li Xuewu's words. What time is this, bullshit mountain.

Now the whole country is a game of chess, where is there your own thing.

If you want to talk about mountains, you still have to be his base.

In Jilin Province, he has walked all over and is used to walking in the deep mountains and old forests, so he dares to say that he has a few points of strength.

The old households in the mountains are basically three or five families in one point, and there is no spirit that can be passed up.

Every month, they use the things planted, beaten, and dried on the mountain to exchange things with Shopkeeper Zhang and these traveling guests. Life is very simple.

Li Xuewu talking about mountains hit Shopkeeper Zhang's heart.

He hadn't seen Li Xuewu's strength for a long time, so he always felt uneasy.

Although there was a train of things from Yu Min that disappeared, it didn't mean how big Li Xuewu's table was.

Li Xuewu naturally saw Zhang Wanhe's suspicion, but didn't explain, just go and see.

"The shopkeeper has always eaten mountain goods? Have you ever thought about tasting seafood?"

"Proprietor?"

Zhang Wanhe paused with the cigarette bag in his hand and asked, "I don't quite understand what you mean, what is this seafood?"

"Hehe, just a saying."

Li Xuewu chuckled, "Grassland goods, frontier goods are also possible."

Zhang Wanhe puffed on the cigarette bag twice, squinting at Li Xuewu. He didn't think Li Xuewu was talking nonsense with him here.

"Qiangzi."

"Shopkeeper."

Daqiang saw the shopkeeper's signal and hurriedly stood up and responded.

Only to see the shopkeeper not even looking at him, he ordered: "Take Brother Da Chun and get close to the men from the pass."

"Shopkeeper..."

Daqiang looked at the shopkeeper, then at Li Xuewu sitting on the kang.

He wasn't hesitating about anything else, he just felt that this Li Xuewu was dangerous, very dangerous.

"Go."

Li Xuewu looked at Daqiang with a smile and said, and waved to Pazile.

Pazile stood up, patted Ge Lin on the shoulder, and went out first.

Daqiang saw that the shopkeeper didn't speak, took Brother Da Chun and hesitated twice, then went out of the room.

Yu Li at the door went out and closed the door, and followed them to the east room.

This west room was left with only Li Xuewu, Wen Saner, and Zhang Wanhe.

"Proprietor."

Zhang Wanhe put down the cigarette bag in his hand, looked at Li Xuewu, and said seriously, "I, Old Zhang, am an honest person. I have words I can't hold back, I just want to say them."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Say whatever you want."

"Then I will talk about myself and my bitter brothers."

Zhang Wanhe leaned his elbows on his legs, looked at Li Xuewu, and said seriously, "I am a bitter child from the mountain, and I used to raise pigs for the landlord."

He started talking, and he talked, only drinking tea once or twice in the middle, and didn't stop for the rest of the time.

"Now I have more than thirty brothers in my hand who depend on me to live, and there are even more on the mountain who depend on me."

Zhang Wanhe looked at Li Xuewu and said, "I just want to know, is the proprietor's family business enough, can it support so many of my people?"

"Third Uncle."

Li Xuewu didn't directly reply to Zhang Wanhe's words, but looked at Wen Saner sitting on the side.

Wen Saner naturally knew Li Xuewu's meaning, looked at Zhang Wanhe with a smile and said, "I am his manager, we are considered peers, and we used to be called shopkeepers."

First explained his identity on Li Xuewu's side, then laughed at Zhang Wanhe who was looking at him: "Just the family business I know, those dozens of people of yours, those few guns, hehe~"

He hung Zhang Wanhe's appetite, and finally sneered, and then said the answer.

"You eat hard, you can support you to death!"

Zhang Wanhe didn't care about Wen Saner's attitude, he heard Wen Saner's meaning.

"Shopkeeper."

Li Xuewu looked at Zhang Wanhe and said, "I won't say the specifics. Tomorrow, let Biaozi and Third Uncle take you around, play for a few more days, things outside the pass are not busy."

"I don't care."

Zhang Wanhe squinted at Li Xuewu and said, "As long as the proprietor has a chapter, the account book should be handed over, and the seal should be handed over."

"Hehehehe."

Li Xuewu looked at Wen Saner, and then said to Zhang Wanhe, "Chapter or not, wait a while, I still have a foreign debt in Steel City that hasn't been collected. Let's talk after handling it."

"Listen to you."

Zhang Wanhe's eyes never left Li Xuewu. The Steel City matter is the foundation.

This matter is the biggest bitter fruit caused by his snake swallowing an elephant.

Knowing that Li Xuewu's money is not easy to earn, but still blinded by interests.

When beef and mutton slowly appeared in the black market in Jilin Province, he had already been pushed to the cliff by Li Xuewu.

Behind him is a dog that has killed crazy, and in front is a single-plank bridge held by Li Xuewu. How to go?

He is now a salted fish on the cutting board, whatever Li Xuewu says, he has to be.

"Third Uncle didn't stay in Jilin City for long, right?"

Li Xuewu took the initiative to change the topic and started chatting about his observations in Jilin City and his impression of Jilin City.

Wen Saner interjected on the side, and Zhang Wanhe followed Li Xuewu's topic to talk about the local customs.

The atmosphere in the west room here was getting better and better, but the east room here fell into freezing point.

Daqiang and Brother Da Chun sat on the edge of the kang, looking at the dozen or so people sitting on the ground reading, feeling that they were redundant.

Is this the dragon's pool and tiger's den the shopkeeper said?

Shouldn't there be dozens of big men standing on both sides, lighting fire basins or torches in the back, and placing a grandmaster chair in the middle, covered with a white tiger skin with all the whiskers and tails?

What

The courtyard of the Security Brigade had two parts: one was the main courtyard, which was to be used together with the headquarters of the support group, and the other was a separate courtyard in the back, which was arranged for special service use.

On the side of the main courtyard, the branch office also had to send a batch of internal cadres and officers to handle the business of the Security Brigade.

So today Li Xuewu invited the leaders of the group headquarters and the branch office to come together, just to discuss the move tomorrow.

"Section Chief, the car is ready."

After about half an hour, Sha Qizhi came into the office to remind him.

Li Xuewu put down the document in his hand and said, "Then let's go."

As he spoke, he went to the inner room to get his coat. Sha Qizhi packed his briefcase and followed Li Xuewu out of the room.

"There is a manuscript in the bag, help me mail it to the Steel University Press."

Li Xuewu said while walking out, "Help me pay attention, and remind me if there is any reply or news."

"I know, Section Chief."

Sha Qizhi looked at Li Xuewu admiringly and asked, "Section Chief, is your book finished?"

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "I still have to see the opinion of the publishing house."

Because Li Xuewu's personnel relationship was very complicated now, he was a Deputy Section Chief in the Steel Rolling Factory, so he should be an enterprise management personnel, belonging to the Steel Ministry system.

Hey, he was also a Deputy Section Chief of the branch office, and also belonged to the public security system.

Now Teacher Han and Dong Wenxue had arranged for him to go to school, so his personnel relationship was transferred to the Steel School by Sister Xie.

In this way, his identity could be queried in all three units.

Li Xuewu had thought that this book could be sent to the newspaper and publishing house under the Public Security Ministry, or the newspaper and publishing house under the Steel Ministry.

But in the end, he decided to send it to the Steel University Press.

Not for anything else, because no matter how professional the content of this book was, it was still a cultural project. It was best to put it here if it could be related to the school.

If it were in public security or steel, something might happen in the future.

Li Xuewu was mentally prepared that his book might not sell well, or it might be handled in a few months.

But he still wanted to do this kind of thing. Sometimes a book would add to a person's reputation, and sometimes it would deduct points.

But Li Xuewu wanted to try to use his own layout, the layout on himself, to see if he could leverage this book to be published normally and achieve a complementary effect.

When going downstairs, Han Jiankun had already started the car. Li Xuewu glanced at the three special vehicles parked at the door and said to Sha Qizhi, "Remember to drive these three cars over during the handover tomorrow."

"I know."

Sha Qizhi also smiled, knowing that the Section Chief was setting bait.

Li Xuewu got into the car, signaled Han Jiankun, and the command car slowly slid out of the office area gate and drove toward the factory gate.

"Gone."

"Hmm."

Deng Zhiwang raised his head and glanced at the secretary who walked in, asking, "Is the matter handled?"

"Yes."

The secretary responded, but then hesitated and said, "It seems there was a bit of a problem."

"What problem?"

"The couple said they didn't want to ask anymore, and they were just waiting for the Security Department's handling result."

The secretary looked at Deng Zhiwang's frowning expression and hurriedly explained, "I already said I would help them ask, but they..."

"I know."

Deng Zhiwang glanced at the secretary and asked, "You didn't say I sent you, did you?"

"No, no."

The secretary shook his head and said, "I didn't mention that."

"Hmm, go get busy."

Deng Zhiwang lowered his head and continued to handle his work, exhorting, "Clean up the loose ends."

"Understood."

The secretary responded and walked out of the leader's office.

He was transferred from the same unit as Deng Zhiwang, but not at the same time; it was after Deng Zhiwang used his connections.

He used to follow Deng Zhiwang, and now he was still Deng Zhiwang's full-time secretary.

At this moment, he pulled the door handle and happened to see the office director walking over.

"Director Xu."

"Ah, finished reporting to the leader?"

Xu Sinian smiled and responded, then looked at the door and asked.

"Yes, the leader arranged some things."

"Do it well."

Xu Sinian smiled and said, then walked toward his office at the end of the corridor.

The secretary looked at Xu Sinian's back and walked toward the big office with his head down.

When Xu Sinian entered his office, he looked back and happened to see the new Secretary Zhang returning to the room.

"Heh, seeking your own death."

He pushed the door open, muttered, picked up the phone, and called the Steel Mill to connect the work.

He didn't need to tell Li Xuewu about this kind of thing; he wasn't Li Xuewu's secretary, and Li Xuewu wasn't his leader.

Today's matter in the Security Department had already spread. Under the description of those with ulterior motives, Li Xuewu had refreshed everyone's impression of him again.

If Li Xuewu couldn't even solve this kind of thing, then he wouldn't be the Tiger of the Security Department.

Li Xuewu had never felt that this title was such a burden. At this moment, he was walking on the playground with Zheng Ju and Qi Tuan, chatting about the office zoning.

"Deputy Section Chief Li is a capable person."

Qi Yaowu smiled and praised, "Look, this organizational work is done quite powerfully."

"Hehe, Qi Tuan."

Li Xuewu took out cigarettes and distributed them to everyone. While lighting one for Qi Yaowu, he said, "From now on, when we close the door, we will be one family. Unity is strength."

"Hahahaha!"

The reason everyone laughed was not for anything else; the slogan being painted on the playground was exactly this sentence.

Fitting the scene~

"One family doesn't speak two languages."

Qi Yaowu looked at Li Xuewu and smiled, "From now on, we really have to support each other."

"Of course!"

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Zheng Fuhua, saying, "It will be easier for us to gather since we are closer to Zheng Ju from now on, hahahaha."

"Hahaha~"

Zheng Fuhua patted Li Xuewu on the shoulder and said, "Qi Tuan is not convinced. He didn't drink to his heart's content with you last time. You arrange the time, and we will fight another round, hahahaha."

"Hahaha, Zheng Ju, winning without a fight is not honorable. From now on, we will only fight one-on-one!"

Qi Yaowu looked at the training equipment and facilities set up around the playground, which were similar to those on the mountain in Red Star Village.

Except for the simulated buildings that required a large area and couldn't be set up, everything else could be considered complete.

"Unity, tension, seriousness, liveliness."

Zheng Fuhua looked at the workers painting and said with a smile, "Our work of unity is finished, and now we have to get tense."

"Yes."

Qi Yaowu said with emotion, "The road is long and the burden is heavy."

"I believe in your group's strength."

Zheng Fuhua smiled and said, "Just like I believe in Qi Tuan's drinking capacity."

"Hahaha."

Qi Yaowu waved his hand, signaled to Li Xuewu who was following on the side, and asked, "Speaking of strength, this great general of yours is a powerhouse. How is it?"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Has the problem discussed last time been solved?"

"Almost, I'm asking."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "The training department said they have people. After learning about my situation, they said they would ask for instructions to see if they could follow the same path of supporting local armed construction as you."

Hearing Li Xuewu say this, Qi Yaowu really had to look at Li Xuewu with new eyes.

This kid is really capable. Is he going to reach the heavens?

"Hehe, being born is a science."

Zheng Fuhua turned his head and looked at the crowd of cadres not far or near from the three of them, and said softly, "Finding a partner is also a science."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu chuckled, lowered his head, and took a puff of his cigarette without saying anything.

Zheng Fuhua explained to Qi Yaowu, "That mother-in-law of his is really good, and she is really good to him too."

With just this one sentence, Qi Yaowu knew Li Xuewu's relationship. It turned out that the mother-in-law had connections in the army.

Li Xuewu didn't care that Zheng Fuhua said this. If he had to rely on his father-in-law, Li Xuewu wouldn't want to do it.

But if he had to beg his mother-in-law, there was nothing to say.

In fact, he was indeed using his mother-in-law's relationship, finding the training department through the military newspaper.

Li Xuewu had mentioned the matter on the day of the earthquake. When Ding Fengxia heard that her son-in-law was handling work matters, not private matters, how could she not help?

Even if it were a private matter, Gu Haitao at home also said that as long as the son-in-law spoke, everything that could be done would be done.

He had never said this to his son.

Of course, so far, Li Xuewu had never really begged his father-in-law to handle any private matters.

Even this time, he begged his mother-in-law to do him a favor, and the specific matters were communicated over the phone.

Who was Li Xuewu? He was a smart person. As long as he could talk, wouldn't he be able to talk about anything?

Don't let him target you. As long as he can say a word, he will definitely talk about the relationship clearly for you.

For the past two days, Li Xuewu had been contacting that side directly, without bothering his mother-in-law.

It was agreed that as soon as there was news from that side, Li Xuewu would go to pick up the person himself.

Saying it was picking up the person was also about handling the relationship.

The contact had been made, so how could this relationship be broken?

Why, is the support group not under the jurisdiction of the training department?

Is the militia not there?

If he wanted militia, Li Xuewu could set up several militia projects on the training ground right now.

It was all for work. Whoever knew how to handle things would naturally be favored.

There were a few people like the couple in the office today who wanted to smash the pot if they didn't agree. No one would indulge you.

Of course, Li Xuewu didn't even need to take action to deal with that kind of person, but it was really devaluing, and it was too boring.

It was more interesting to deal with people like Fu Bin and Yu Min, the kind where you could save ten years of effort with one net.

At this moment, the three of them had turned the Security Brigade around. The specific handover matters were naturally handled by section-level cadres and officers.

Li Xuewu and the others only set the direction. After they had turned around, the handover there was also completed.

Because it was a public unit, the speed at which Master Dou took money for this job would definitely not be slow. The acceptance was done today, and the money would be received this week.

When everyone walked to the gate again and looked at the big characters "Serve the People" on the opposite wall, everyone laughed.

This shadow wall is good, and the characters are also good, the same font as that place.

If there was copyright for writing, then there was no need to worry about being sued for these characters all over the country.

It was better to use them, and no one would come to ask for copyright fees.

Zheng Ju had things to do, and Qi Tuan also had to go back to the mountain to prepare, so Li Xuewu stood at the gate and sent the two away separately, and then talked to Master Dou.

"Section Chief Li, luckily I didn't lose face for you."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu looked at Master Dou and said, "The craftsmanship is really good. You shouldn't belittle yourself."

"You are one of our own, so you are just praising me~"

Master Dou smiled and lit a cigarette for Li Xuewu, saying, "The work you introduced is really comfortable to do. There is no trouble at all. As long as it is done well, you get the money you should get, and do what you should do."

At this moment, both the east and west rooms of the inverted house were bustling; there were too many people, and with everyone speaking at once, you couldn't even count them.

Thirty or forty people were squeezed into the rooms, but the inverted house had both east and west rooms, and both were spacious, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to fit so many people.

Tables were placed on the kang wherever possible, and those who didn't have a seat just held their rice bowls and ate standing by the tables.

At this time, there were no such formalities; everyone had things on their minds, and they all stuffed food into their mouths as fast as they could.

Fortunately, Yu Li and the others had gotten up early, fearing there wouldn't be enough food, and had boiled a large iron pot of rice porridge.

Then there were the corn buns; counting the leftovers from yesterday and the new ones steamed this morning, several large steamer baskets were all polished off.

Perhaps because there were so many people, the food tasted better; even the pickled melon slices cut into small pieces and the cabbage mixed by Yu Li were all eaten up.

After everyone was full, organized by Wen San'er and the Ye Ye Erye, they all went to the west courtyard to stand and wait.

Two cars, one for Pazile and one for Gelin, went to the Shen family's house first.

The rest of the people, led by the Ye Ye Erye and the Grandfather, walked toward the Shen family's house.

At this time, the sky was already gray and bright, and the early risers were startled to see so many people walking together.

Especially with this kind of matter, everyone in the procession didn't speak, and if they did, they spoke as quietly as possible, so it looked very oppressive.

Fortunately, they recognized those walking in front as old neighbors, especially the Li father and son, which reminded them of what they had heard yesterday about the Shen family's matter.

These people stood at the door and by the side of the road watching, thinking, this Shen family has no one left, just a half-grown boy, where did he get this face?

Hey! It wasn't just them thinking it; the neighbors in the courtyard where Shen Guodong lived were thinking it too.

They had avoided seeing it last night, but when they got up early to burn firewood and go to the toilet, they saw the large coffin parked at the gate.

Goodness, who has such face now that they can use this kind of coffin?

Every family was living a tight life, and even those with conditions wouldn't dare to make such a solid coffin.

Furthermore, there were two cars parked at the door, which looked like they were there to help, and they were packed full of firecrackers and paper money.

I haven't heard that this Shen family got rich; aren't they just a poor family that collects scrap?

These neighbors were all woken up by their early-rising wives and asked.

These men hadn't heard that the Shen family's brat had gotten rich either.

Where did he get this stuff from?

It wasn't that the people in the courtyard hadn't thought about these people who had been coming in and out of the courtyard for the past two days.

But most of them were at night, and secondly, they disliked the hoodlum status of these people, so no one bothered to come out and look.

But today was strange; the neighbors in the courtyard all tucked their hands into their sleeves and stood out to watch the curiosity.

The even stranger thing was yet to come: they saw a pile of people pouring into the courtyard in a rush.

Arranged by the Ye Ye Erye, from oldest to youngest, from men to women, dozens of people knelt and burned paper money in turn.

Some of them were familiar, and some were not.

There were also workers from the Steel Rolling Mill in the courtyard, and only now did they see that the Deputy Chief of the Security Department was among them.

It was a coincidence; every time Li Xuewu came, it was either morning or evening, and those who knew him hadn't seen him.

Now that they saw him, the discussions spread.

Goodness, after asking around, it turned out this was the funeral of Li Xuewu's sworn brother; no wonder he had such great face.

The kowtowing hadn't finished yet when they saw two more people squeezing in from outside.

They were none other than Shen Fang and Duan Youting.

Both were wearing uniforms, and they were exceptionally dazzling in the crowd at this moment.

Shen Fang led the way, first bowing to the old lady, then supporting Shen Guodong, who was returning the bow, and comforting him with a few words.

They were also familiar with Shen Guodong; they had all been introduced last time at Wen San'er's wedding.

There was no need to ask; it was still Li Xuewu's connection. The neighbors watching from outside looked eagerly at Shen Fang and the other, who were standing with Li Xuewu and talking to Shen Guodong.

They might not know Li Xuewu, but they were too familiar with these two.

Even if they weren't familiar with the people, they had to be familiar with the clothes.

The interrupted kowtowing continued, and when it reached the end, a passage was cleared outside again.

This time, the neighbors recognized them: Director Wang and Director Liu from the neighborhood office.

Good heavens, the Shen family's brat is really something; he can even summon such leaders for a funeral.

Watching the two directors bow and comfort Shen Guodong, some nosy people wanted to squeeze in and bow to build a relationship, using their identity as neighbors.

But before they could get in, the two directors, along with the two station chiefs, turned and left.

This wasn't about not giving face; it was the rules.

Public officials, having gone through the motions, shouldn't stay long at a funeral.

There were many things here that were not advocated now, so it wasn't good to do them in public.

Li Xuewu sending off his godmother and the others now was also understanding their intentions.

Li Xuewu had just sent off his godmother when he saw Ding Wanqiu arrive with his nephew Zhou Changli.

He had heard about Shen Guodong's matter from his nephew, so he arrived today to do Li Xuewu a favor.

This kind of thing sounds mysterious, but it's solid.

As long as he comes, Li Xuewu has to accept the favor.

At this moment, Li Xuewu greeted them, expressed his thanks, and asked Erhai to lead the two into the courtyard, while he stood at the gate waiting for the people getting off the car.

"Why didn't you tell me?"