Chapter 562: Little Chicks

"Hehe, it hasn't come to that."

Li Huai De was very cautious regarding such dangerous remarks from Li Xuewu, so he chuckled and glossed over it.

However, being able to speak so bluntly to him in the office was also a sign of closeness.

After all, as the supervising leader, they both had common goals. Just like Li Huai De's words, parting ways?

How could that be possible? It hasn't come to that~

The matter of the project couldn't be decided in a day. Li Xuewu had only mentioned it to Li Huai De to facilitate future operations.

After finishing this, he lit a cigarette again and started chatting about idle topics, including the things that had happened in the factory these past few days.

The laughter wouldn't reach outside the door, but the soft chuckles inside the office were constant.

This also represented Li Huai De's current state; after all, even when the big leader came, he hadn't provided Yang Fengshan with a way to solve the problem, so what did he have to be unhappy about?

Saying "the advantage is with me" was just bragging; he hadn't thought about achieving success in one battle either.

Take it slow; there would be a day of success.

Waiting until he saw the time was almost five o'clock, Li Xuewu then came out of Li Huai De's office.

He wouldn't leave without staying for a certain amount of time. If he didn't stay here for long, how could he demonstrate his relationship with the leader, and how could he demonstrate his seriousness toward work?

It had to be done for the leader to see, and also for the others in the agency to see.

Snobs were everywhere, and at Li Xuewu's position, he had to be even more guarded against these people.

Returning to the Security Building and busy for a while longer, he then took a car home at the end of the workday.

"Li Kezhang."

Sha Qizhi sat in the passenger seat, turned around, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "Tomorrow, are we going to the factory first or the brigade first?"

This question was to confirm Li Xuewu's duty schedule; he had also become accustomed to Li Xuewu's cake-slicing style of work hours.

"Go to the Branch Bureau first, then the brigade."

Li Xuewu was pondering his conversation with Li Huai De in his heart and replied casually.

After reacting, he asked Sha Qizhi, "I let you go to the training ground; how is the situation?"

Last week, Li Xuewu was on a business trip, and the work of inspecting the training ground was handed over to Sha Qizhi.

Sha Qizhi naturally wouldn't forget Li Xuewu's instructions and reported, "Li Kezhang Wei has prepared very thoroughly. On our factory side, Director Yu is preparing, and the coordination is very normal."

"Mm."

Li Xuewu nodded in response.

At the beginning of the month, Li Xuewu had already decided to recall the Security Section personnel who had finished their training on the mountain.

Counting the forty people in the factory's fire brigade, this time the Security Section could expand by three hundred and fifty people.

The number of people had increased by more than double.

Within this, there were originally dozens of people prepared for the Inspection Section that was to be carved out, but now that Gu Weijie of the Inspection Section wasn't leaving, they could only tacitly agree that the Security Section would use these people.

Even though the current authorized number exceeded the original planned number, the Security Section's work had frequently achieved results recently.

Plus, Yu Decai, following Li Xuewu's requirements, organized manpower to increase efforts in propaganda work, so there were no objections to reducing the number of people in the Security Section.

Excluding the instructors and teachers at the training ground, the several groups of people currently training were all about to leave.

But the training ground hadn't been left vacant; the 816th Regiment was using it, and the next batch of trainees Li Xuewu had prepared for the training ground would also use it.

The next batch of trainees mainly came from the security personnel of various branch factories, rotation training personnel of the Security Section agency, a batch of personnel entrusted for training by the Branch Bureau, etc. Even Huang Gan had organized the correctional personnel of the First Detention Center to go up the mountain for training.

It wasn't that the security of Huaqing University had advertised, but Li Xuewu's influence was rising day by day. He believed that in the not-too-distant future, after the training ground got on the right track, the number of personnel participating in training would become more and more.

Sha Qizhi looked at Li Xuewu's expression and said, "I heard that a cavalry guard team is to be organized; everyone in our section is discussing it."

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu looked out the window, appearing unconcerned, but he had already asked about it.

Sha Qizhi explained, "Some are worried about fodder, some are worried about hygiene, and some are worried about safety. They are saying all sorts of things."

Seeing Li Xuewu still had that expression, he continued, "More people want to ask how the cavalry guard team will be used."

"That's a good question."

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at the army of bicycles on the street, and said, "Our motorcycles can burn fuel; is there any need to worry about fodder for horses?"

After asking this, he turned his head to look at Sha Qizhi and said, "Let me ask you, how do you think the cavalry guard team should be used?"

"I know the answer to this question."

Sha Qizhi also smiled and said, "On the mountain, Li Kezhang Wei already chatted with me, saying the cavalry guard team is for warning and patrolling."

"Hehehe, Wei Tong didn't tell you he wanted to come down the mountain, did he?"

Li Xuewu chuckled; he didn't care about Sha Qizhi's answer, but instead asked an unrelated question.

Sha Qizhi understood Li Xuewu's meaning, held the radio in the middle of the seat, and said, "It doesn't look like it. He said he was preparing to take advantage of this free time to organize experts and instructors to compile teaching materials and training outlines."

"Mm, he really likes the training ground."

Li Xuewu smiled with satisfaction. Putting people to their best use was a manager's pursuit, and the Security Section's current state was very good.

Seeing that the car had entered the alley, Sha Qizhi reminded Li Xuewu, "Li Kezhang Wei said if you want to attend the training class graduation ceremony, please go to the training ground on Friday morning."

"I know."

Li Xuewu agreed, and after the car stopped steadily, he jumped out.

Han Jiankun also jumped out, helped Li Xuewu open the trunk, and carried out Li Xuewu's luggage.

When he left, there was only one small bag, but when he returned, there were two large bags.

"Yo, you even brought me something."

At this moment, Seeing Sha Zhu happened to come out of the main gate. Seeing Li Xuewu standing behind the car and the driver carrying bags, he smiled and came over to take the bags.

Li Xuewu took the other one from Han Jiankun's hand and waved for them to go back.

"With our relationship, how could I not bring you a gift?"

Turning around and walking into the main gate one after the other with Seeing Sha Zhu, he said with a smile, "Just like my daughter, I bought you a tin toy too."

"Get lost~!"

Seeing Sha Zhu knew he couldn't take advantage of Li Xuewu, but he still helped him carry the luggage into the courtyard.

"What are you going to do?"

Li Xuewu saw that Seeing Sha Zhu looked like he was about to go out, so he asked that.

Seeing Sha Zhu waved his hand and said, "The house is finished. It's almost the wedding date, isn't it? Diliya asked me to go write a letter to Baoding."

"Then go, don't delay it."

Walking to the Moon Gate, Li Xuewu wanted to take the bag from Seeing Sha Zhu's hand, but Seeing Sha Zhu said with some sorrow, "I haven't thought it through yet."

"Hehe, it's not like they're asking you to hang yourself."

Li Xuewu snatched the bag from Seeing Sha Zhu's hand, raised his eyebrows, and persuaded, "It's just to inform them; it's not like they're asking you to do anything. Are you still afraid of your father?"

Seeing Li Xuewu say that, Seeing Sha Zhu nodded and went to mail the letter with the feeling of going to the execution ground.

Li Xuewu had already seen his daughter running this way upon hearing the sound.

"Haha~~"

Li Xuewu stepped into the Moon Gate, greeted her for a few steps, put down the bag in his hand, and scooped up his eldest daughter who was running over clumsily.

"Tell me, did you miss Daddy?"

"Ba-ba~"

Li Shu was quite particular. Li Xuewu asked, and she answered with her little mouth.

Regardless of whether she answered that she missed him, Li Xuewu was still very happy to hear his daughter call him Daddy.

It was just that when he saw his daughter twisting her body in his arms and pointing at the bag on the ground with her little finger, shouting to take it, he was very helpless.

This daughter probably didn't miss him.

"You little ungrateful thing."

Li Xuewu gently tapped his daughter's bottom, carried the two bags, and walked under the window of his home.

Grandma and sister-in-law Zhao Yafang were both sitting here watching the father and daughter having fun.

Hearing the talking in the courtyard, Liu Yin also walked out of the room. Seeing her son return, she smiled and asked, "When did you arrive in the capital?"

"A little after five this morning."

While putting down his daughter, he took a tin toad out of the bag beside him, wound it up, and put it on the ground.

"Ya!"

Seeing the little green thing jumping around on the ground, Li Shu was enlightened, a bit afraid, but also a bit curious.

Because she was standing in Li Xuewu's arms, she pointed at the tin toad with her little finger and shouted.

"It still has to be your daddy; he thinks of you no matter when."

Liu Yin walked over, picked up the toad that had finished jumping, and delivered it into her eldest granddaughter's hands.

Li Shu was still a bit timid about this moving thing, so her little hand also extended an index finger to tap it lightly, not daring to take it.

Li Xuewu took it into his hand, took the opportunity to kiss his daughter while teasing her, but was pushed away by Li Shu in disgust.

Now that she had a good toy, Li Shu's attention was all on that toad; she didn't care who Daddy was.

"Ya~ hit!"

Li Shu saw that this toad could move; now that it wasn't moving, she directed Li Xuewu to make it move.

Li Xuewu shook the toad in his hand and negotiated with his daughter, "Kiss Daddy once and I'll give it to you."

Li Shu looked at Daddy, turned her head, broke free from Daddy's arms, and ran toward Grandma.

"Hahaha~"

Liu Yin lovingly caught her granddaughter, snatched the toy back from Li Xuewu's hand, and teased her granddaughter, but asked her son, "Why did you go for so long? There won't be any more field work this month, right?"

"Hehe, no more, it was temporary."

Li Xuewu knew his mother was afraid that this kind of field work would delay his marriage, so he gave his mother a reassurance.

Zhao Yafang's eyes were full of Li Shu, thinking if only she had such a lovely daughter.

But she knew that whether it was Grandma or her father-in-law and mother-in-law, they all hoped the firstborn would be a boy.

It wasn't that the Li family was so patriarchal, but just the thinking of the older generation.

The burden of the family was ultimately easier for the eldest son to bear; if it were the eldest daughter, it would be too hard.

Of course, now whether Zhao Yafang gave birth to a boy or a girl, the family already had an eldest daughter, and that was Li Shu who was currently throwing the toad.

"Hey! Can this thing be thrown!"

Liu Yin didn't watch for a moment, and the tin toad was in Li Shu's hands.

Regardless of what this thing was, and regardless of what it was made of, I, Li Shu, will first test if it's sturdy for you!

Knowing that her son was very willing to buy toys for her granddaughter, Liu Yin saw that this thing was valuable, so she was also very distressed.

Li Shu didn't care about that; seeing Grandma pick it up, she reached out to snatch it, thinking of another collision test.

Li Xuewu didn't feel much distress; he reached out and pinched his daughter's big cheeks, thinking if it would be better to buy her firecrackers next time.

Or should he ask the training ground for a grenade with the core removed?

Li Xuewu's return naturally made the family happy. Besides Li Shu getting several toys, the others also got the Steel City specialties Li Xuewu brought back.

At the dinner table, Seeing Sha Zhu fiddled with the Schisandra wine Li Xuewu brought back and asked in a low voice, "Does this thing have that medicinal effect?"

"What?"

Li Xuewu looked at Seeing Sha Zhu amusedly and asked, "Aren't you always single? Can you still be weak?"

"Get lost~"

Seeing Sha Zhu was embarrassed by Li Xuewu. Seeing Old Biaozi and the others laughing along, he emphasized, "Didn't you just say it has the effect of refreshing the mind and calming the spirit!"

"Yeah~"

Li Xuewu nodded and signaled to Li Xuecai sitting opposite, "Third brother, tell brother Zhu about the other medicinal effect."

"I'm not saying it!"

Li Xuecai was studying medicine, but he was still a student now, and even more so a young man who wasn't married, exactly at the age where he cared about face.

But now he didn't need to say it; just looking at his cryptic appearance, Seeing Sha Zhu knew he had been tricked by Li Xuewu again.

"You!..."

Seeing Sha Zhu grabbed Li Xuewu's hand, appearing very angry, but after leaning close to Li Xuewu, he asked in a low voice, "What exactly is the efficacy?"

Li Xuewu also said very seriously in a low voice, "Astringent..."

Seeing Sha Zhu pricked up his ears to listen, but damn, he only heard the first word clearly; the following part, this brat just moved his mouth without making a sound!

"Astringent what?"

Seeing Sha Zhu looked at Li Xuewu anxiously and asked, "Can you speak louder!"

Li Xuewu followed his lead and said loudly, "Astringent (jing) to stop diarrhea."

"I#%%"

Seeing Sha Zhu let go of the wine bottle in his hand and was about to cover Li Xuewu's mouth. Seeing the eyes of everyone looking over, he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Especially at the juncture of getting married, he was set up like this by Li Xuewu, as if he really had problems in that area.

"Hahahaha~"

Li Xuewu picked up the wine bottle on the table, pulled the cork, and poured a cup for Seeing Sha Zhu. Seeing Sha Zhu was now looking at the wine glass on the table, not knowing whether to drink it or not.

"I have no problems!"

"I know~"

Li Xuewu said very seriously, "Even if you did, would we go around telling people?"

"I damn..."

Seeing Sha Zhu was already autistic from what Li Xuewu said, picked up the wine glass, and downed it directly.

Old Biaozi opposite joked, "Brother Zhu, this thing isn't medicine. If you're sick, you still have to let Uncle Li take a look."

"Go to your grandpa, I'm not sick."

Seeing Sha Zhu finally knew how bad these few bad brats were; even "three people make a tiger" wasn't this powerful.

Diliya at the table on the heated brick bed didn't know what was happening here, just happened to look over, making Seeing Sha Zhu blush so much.

Old Biaozi saw Li Xuewu finish pouring wine for Seeing Sha Zhu, took it over, and poured another cup for Wen Saner, laughing, "Fill it up for my third uncle too; third uncle worked hard today."

"Get lost~"

Wen Saner knew that these few brats getting together meant nothing good. Saying "worked hard" meant worked hard; not to mention the previous month, just saying he worked hard today.

Today Li Xuewu got off the train and went to the guesthouse to eat. He didn't even eat, hurriedly letting Han Jiankun drive him home first.

Don't ask; whether third uncle worked hard during the business trip is unknown, but today third uncle definitely worked hard.

Fei Shanying also held her child and came here for dinner with Wen Saner today. Feeding the child on the heated brick bed, hearing the crowd teasing Wen Saner below, she also smiled embarrassedly.

This brat left for more than a month, and there wasn't even a message.

Asking here, they said it was fine, but if it was fine, why didn't they send a message home?

Feeling scared and worried in her heart, she also held a grudge against Old Biaozi, Li Xuewu, and the others.

So she hadn't come to these few dinners at the inverted house; she was just angry at Wen Saner, Li Xuewu, and the others.

Today Wen Saner came home early in the morning, naturally making her both surprised and happy, but she still gave Wen Saner a dressing down.

Wen Saner didn't know how much effort he put in before he finally coaxed his wife well.

At this moment, he downed the wine in his cup quite openly. A married man is generous; he doesn't shy away from this kind of joke at all.

Li Xuewu tapped the table in front of Seeing Sha Zhu and asked, "There are only ten days left; how is the preparation? You aren't just relying on this bottle of wine to build up your courage, are you? Hahaha~"

Seeing Sha Zhu didn't look toward the heated brick bed, stretched his neck, and said, "Preparation is naturally prepared. It's not as good as yours, but it's more than enough compared to these bachelors."

While talking, he counted on his fingers to Li Xuewu, "Besides the main beam being old, the remaining materials are all new. Look at how our house is built; that room of yours in the backyard won't do."

This couldn't be compared. That room of Li Xuewu's was a side room; the terrain was good, the location was good, but even the size wasn't as good as the main room Seeing Sha Zhu lived in.

Seeing Sha Zhu had gone all out this time, even connecting the side room where his sister lived together. The house after expansion was extremely neat.

Li Xuewu saw it when he went to the backyard to put away his luggage, and even he was envious.

If you want to talk about a good location in this courtyard, it belongs to that place of his; that was originally where the owner of the courtyard lived.

But now Seeing Sha Zhu was also "a rat pulling a blood-stained rope, blowing hard"; after building the house, he almost went bankrupt on the spot.

Originally, the renovation of Li Xuewu's house was scheduled for less than five hundred.

But after the renovation, well, seven hundred couldn't stop it.

It was still Master Dou who didn't dare to ask for more from Li Xuewu; it was purely a friendship price that stopped it.

Seeing Sha Zhu's house was built, and before he could even decorate, he had already exceeded the budget.

It wasn't Master Dou's fault; Seeing Sha Zhu, in order to seek the best, grabbed whatever he wanted—Li Xuewu's floor tiles, floor heating, bathtub, bathroom, kitchen, etc. —he wanted everything he could think of.

Now it's good; he borrowed money again from the richest man in the courtyard, First Uncle, to fill the hole.

First Uncle was also willing to lend; Seeing Sha Zhu had the kindest heart in this courtyard, and he was the one who could get along with him.

Everyone in this courtyard knew what he was thinking, and presumably, this Seeing Sha Zhu himself knew it too.

Plus, First Uncle and First Aunt had taken a fancy to Diliya for some time. Seeing that this girl was indeed honest and had a cheerful personality, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Sha Zhu was now talking to Li Xuewu about the furniture moved directly from the Bai Bai Xiyuan; he was a cook, so he didn't lack pots and pans at all.

Furthermore, there were the household items; counting his sister's room, everything was prepared very properly.

After counting his own, Seeing Sha Zhu asked Li Xuewu back, "What about you? How is your preparation going?"

"It's okay."

Li Xuewu smiled and introduced, "Haiyuncang side, she is tidying it up. My mother and the others even went there the week before last; nothing is missing."

"I envy you."

Seeing Sha Zhu clinked glasses with Li Xuewu and said with emotion, "Uncle Li and the others are helping you arrange everything. You just wait to enter the bridal chamber. I am..."

"Hey~~~"

Li Xuewu patted Seeing Sha Zhu's arm and said, "Don't ramble; if you summon my old aunt back, it will be troublesome to send her back again."

"Hehehe~"

Old Biaozi also remembered the funny incident of visiting the grave last time and sat opposite, chuckling evilly.

Seeing Sha Zhu originally wanted to drown his sorrows with wine and express his life experience. This was a very sentimental thing, and he also hoped to make Li Xuewu and the others feel sorry for him.

But he never expected that these few brats didn't have a heart at all; they were still joking about peeing on the grave last time.

At that time, this matter involved his sister Yushui, and he was also afraid of scaring his sister, so no one had ever said anything.

Today Seeing Sha Zhu was really angry. He pointed at Old Biaozi and Li Xuewu to Grandpa and Second Grandpa and started telling the story.

"You say how bad these two brats are; I damn never seen anyone so bad."

Seeing Sha Zhu said indignantly, "I damn just finished burning paper, just finished kowtowing, and in the blink of an eye, these brats didn't care where it was, and damn peed on someone else's grave!"

"Hahaha!"

The parties involved, Old Biaozi and Li Xuewu, were already clapping and laughing when they heard Seeing Sha Zhu mention this.

Thinking about the bastard things they did at that time was also funny; maybe the ghost pushing the cart was still damn squatting on the grave cursing the street.

The women's table on the heated brick bed had already finished eating and were all listening to Seeing Sha Zhu's accusation against Li Xuewu and the other.

When they heard that the jeep wouldn't start and couldn't move, they broke into a sweat. When they heard Seeing Sha Zhu say that after Li Xuewu fired the gun, the car ran fast without stepping on the gas, everyone couldn't help laughing out loud.

Especially regarding the unbridled Li Xuewu and Old Biaozi, everyone felt that if these two got together, they could probably form a "Ghost Fear" combination.

The banquet lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening. Wen Saner took his wife and children and left first, and the remaining crowd cleaned up the mess together.

The men no longer had the energy to drink water; those who needed to feed the horses fed the horses, and those who needed to wash up washed up.

Li Xuewu followed Li Xuecai to the East Courtyard for a turn. Perhaps because his mother helped tidy up, the room was very neat.

The necessary furniture was all made by Grandpa. He didn't know where Li Xuecai would work after graduation, and whether the unit would provide housing.

But this house was also extremely proper; even if they lived here after marriage, it would be convenient for both of them.

Riding a bicycle out for ten minutes would get to Ji Yuxiu's unit. If Li Xuecai was assigned to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, it would be suitable for him to walk to work with his father.

"Did you let Yuxiu come to see it?"

Li Xuewu stood in the room and looked at the color of the curtains. This couldn't be something only the hostess could decide, right?

Li Xuecai also had a few cups of wine tonight and was a bit flushed, but his thinking was very clear.

"She's been here; as long as she's resting, she comes to tidy up."

Obviously knowing what his second brother meant, Li Xuecai was a bit embarrassed.

"Many things were purchased by her; sometimes she also comes here to stay."

"You better be careful~"

Hearing his younger brother say this, Li Xuewu gave him a reminder, saying, "Being close is being close, but don't cause a life. Not to mention delaying your future, her brother would dare to fight you to the death."

"Second brother, what are you saying~"

Li Xuecai's face was as red as a red cloth, not knowing if it was because of the wine or embarrassment.

"When she rests here, I go home to stay. Even going to the inverted house to stay, Mom and Dad won't allow it."

"Mm, Mom and Dad are doing it for your own good."

Li Xuewu teased with a smile. Seeing that the room was proper, he was relieved, although household appliances and such weren't complete.

But this wasn't something he, as an older brother, needed to worry about. Not to mention there were parents, and brothers shouldn't overstep their boundaries, lest it hurt their relationship.

Waving his hand to not let the third brother send him off, he came out of the room. He thought he would meet Yu Li, but didn't expect that even after walking to the courtyard, he didn't see Yu Li return from the inverted house side.

However, at the gate of the gatehouse, he bumped into He Yu Shui.

"Finished tidying up?"

"Almost, they are washing their hands."

He Yu Shui looked Li Xuewu up and down. She also found out today that when she was hysterical, her brother and Li Xuewu and the others went to help her visit the grave and made so many jokes.

This man was really a bad brat, the kind of bad that made people laugh.

Mature yet lively, serious yet humorous, doing things with a bit of badness, but essentially a kind person.

They all lived in the same courtyard and grew up together; why hadn't she discovered Li Xuewu had such a complex side before?

Li Xuewu saw Yushui staring at him, thinking she was surprised he came out of the East Courtyard, pointed behind him, and explained, "Went to Third Brother's place for a turn."

After explaining, he felt that this explanation was completely unnecessary; wasn't this "there is no three hundred taels of silver buried here"?

Yushui also discovered Li Xuewu's awkward predicament and smiled slightly with pursed lips.

Looking at Li Xuewu's face, Yushui said, "Thank you."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu chuckled, "As long as my old aunt doesn't blame me."

The two looked at each other and smiled, passing each other and separating.

The boys on duty in the gatehouse had already discovered the two at the gate and were all peeking over here.

Li Xuewu was very careful about this kind of influence now; he wasn't considered single anymore.

Entering the front courtyard and seeing that the lights at home were already off, Li Xuewu didn't enter the room to disturb them. He had said a few words to his father that night, and seeing that Li Shun had opinions about him, he didn't dare to get close.

When he arrived at the backyard, he saw that the lights were already on, and Yu Li was helping him tidy up his luggage in the room.

Looking at the curtains that weren't drawn, he knew Yu Li was avoiding suspicion.

After entering the entrance, Li Xuewu also coughed and said, "No rush, tidy up tomorrow~"

Yu Li turned her head and saw it was him. She hugged the dirty clothes she took out of the bag, threw them on the sofa, and urged, "Hurry up and change clothes and take a bath; you stink."

Li Xuewu didn't believe in evil and lowered his head to smell. Besides the smell of wine and sweat, where was there any stench?

But these clothes weren't for him to wash; since the person in charge requested it, he had to comply.

Went to the inner room to change into a vest and shorts, and took the dirty clothes back to the living room.

Yu Li took the clothes and told him to take a bath, while she took a large basin of water from the bathroom and sat in the living room to wash the clothes.

Li Xuewu touched the water temperature; it was obviously just filled and still hot. He stripped naked and soaked in.

Actually, he should have taken a bath at the guesthouse when he got off the train this morning, but not only was time tight, he was also afraid of others gossiping.

This man, once married, really put a tight hoop on himself; this won't do, that won't do, he had to pay attention to influence everywhere.

Listening to Yu Li scrubbing clothes on the washboard outside the bathroom door, Li Xuewu also sighed with emotion.

In his youth, he admired the young and beautiful, pursued them, and was romantic.

After experiencing the wind and rain and growing into a big guy, he still liked the young and beautiful, but the conditions didn't allow it.

At the age of serious dating, if he messed around again, he would have to take responsibility, so...

Then after getting married?

Li Xuewu asked himself that he still liked the young and beautiful; could this also be considered a kind of persistence and dedication?

"There are things I brought for you in the bag; did you find them?"

Li Xuewu bought many good things in Steel City; he brought them for those with good relationships. Some were in the bag, and some were put away.

Yu Li sat on a small stool, and from the window of the entrance, she could still see the lights on in Second Uncle's house opposite.

The evening breeze blew in from the open window, brushing the curtains and brushing the hair on her forehead.

She tucked her hair behind her ears with her little finger, and thinking of the whole set of hairpins Li Xuewu brought back for her, her ears turned red.

"Saw them, wasting money."

Although she scolded him, Li Xuewu could still hear the happiness in Yu Li's tone.

After he put on his clothes and walked out, Yu Li had already hung the clothes in the courtyard. The cool breeze blowing in from the open window made him shiver.

But this refreshing feeling was very sufficient, and he felt much more spirited.

Walking to the tea cabinet to make himself a cup of tea, seeing Yu Li enter the room, he smiled and said, "Did you wash money out of my pockets? You're this happy."

"Get lost~"

Yu Li scolded, took the large basin from the room, poured the water into the bathroom, and came out with a mop to tidy up.

Actually, she was smiling because Li Xuewu's clothes were dirty, and he hadn't taken a bath before returning.

This showed that Li Xuewu didn't bother with Qin Huairu, plus Li Xuewu was thinking of her; how could she not smile?

But at this moment, she still stared at Li Xuewu and asked, "It's this time, and you're still drinking tea; can you fall asleep?"

"It's fine, this tea doesn't affect sleep."

Li Xuewu held the teacup and sat on the sofa, asking Yu Li who was mopping the floor, "Has there been any phone calls at home these past few days?"

"No."

Yu Li stood in the room and replied, "Only you called once, but someone left a message saying your clothes were ready."

"Oh? Got it."

Li Xuewu took a sip of hot tea; the hot sweat from the bath was already starting to blow cold wind again.

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu's complexion and asked, "Is it that Yu Zhe and the others are coming back?"

Li Xuewu raised his head and smiled, asking, "Did he tell you?"

"No, it was my dad."

Yu Li knew Li Xuewu deliberately arranged for her younger brother to enter the factory, and she was indescribably grateful.

And because of her relationship with Li Xuewu, she couldn't say words of gratitude.

"My dad went to see him, and when he came back, he came to me."

"Mm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "That's the case. Friday, Friday he'll be back in the factory for duty."

Yu Li gripped the mop handle, blushed, and explained, "My dad knew I built a house and even went to see it. Maybe... maybe he knows about that."

"Hehe, if he knows, let him know."

Li Xuewu smiled indifferently and said, "Even if he knows, what can he do, go around telling people?"

"No, no."

Yu Li explained nervously, "I told him it was because I worked in the Bai Bai Xiyuan and borrowed money from you to build the house, and Yu Zhe was also arranged after finding connections."

Li Xuewu nodded indifferently, acknowledging that Yu Li's explanation was useful.

As for whether her father believed her explanation, he couldn't care less; anyway, he wouldn't admit it.

Yu Li seemed to have become sensitive after Li Xuewu got his marriage certificate, especially regarding her family's situation, and cared even more about Li Xuewu's attitude.

Li Xuewu had no attitude, and even less requirements. He held the teacup and drank tea, which made Yu Li feel embarrassed.

"Then... let Yu Zhe work on the mountain."

Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu and discussed, "He's young, too naughty, and easily causes trouble. Being kept on the mountain is just right."

Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li amusedly. What was she guarding against? If she were this nervous about everything, she would create trouble even if there was none.

"You don't need to worry about Yu Zhe; you just need to take care of my one-third of an acre of land."

"What~"

Yu Li scolded, mopped the floor hard a few times, and sent the mop in her hand back to the bathroom.

When she came out again, she wanted to persuade him, but saw that Li Xuewu had already entered the room with his teacup.

And he even drew the curtains; Yu Li didn't dare to go to the inner room.

It was hot now, and the front and back courtyards all had their windows open; if the sound in the room was a bit loud, the opposite side would hear it.

If the curtains weren't drawn, whatever they did on the heated brick bed could be seen clearly by just stretching one's neck.

When Yu Li came out of Li Xuewu's room, she indeed bumped into Liu Guangtian who was sneaking back at the Moon Gate.

Don't say summer is inconvenient; it's right here.

"Sister-in-law, haven't rested yet?"

"Mm, was washing clothes."

Yu Li responded, looked at Liu Guangtian, and asked, "Is Second Uncle supposed to be back?"

"Early~ It'll be the 25th, next Friday."

Liu Guangtian had also just come back from playing cards at the gatehouse. His father wasn't home now, and even if he were, he couldn't control his brothers anymore.

So he was very relaxed now; as long as he didn't work overtime, he would definitely go to the gatehouse every day.

However, these people were all neighbors, and they had a sense of proportion. Plus, Li Xuewu lived in the courtyard, so they didn't dare to play too big.

But playing cards every day, the wins and losses weren't small, it's just that no one controlled or scolded them now.

Liu Guangtian saw Yu Li mention his father and felt a bit ashamed; the thing his father did in the factory made him feel ashamed to see people.

Playing cards was also a kind of self-numbing.

He originally thought about transferring to the Security Section, but now he didn't dare to think about it; he was the son of a sinner.

He glanced at Li Xuewu's room, smiled at Yu Li, and went to his own home.

Yu Li didn't bother with his smile and reminded, "I didn't see you send food to Second Uncle tonight."

"Damn it!"

Liu Guangtian, wearing cloth shoes, stumbled. Hearing Yu Li's reminder, he remembered that he hadn't sent food to his father who was detained in the Security Section.

At this time, detention didn't provide meals; either family members sent them, or they let the security guards provide them.

Just think, the food in the cafeteria was already thin and watery; if it passed through the hands of those security guards who didn't have good faces, could they still eat it?

Maybe they would mix something strange into it.

Like duck necks or something~~~

Yu Li didn't wait for Liu Guangtian to react; after saying that sentence, she went to the front courtyard, and hearing Liu Guangtian's reaction behind her, she also pursed her lips and smiled evilly.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning... Li Xuewu didn't care to see it.

So Li Xuewu slept until Banggeng knocked on the broken basin to call those little chicks out to eat before he woke up.

Li Xuewu walked out of the room yawning, looked at Banggeng who was walking over, and asked, "Still fishing for river shrimp to feed them?"

"Mm, they eat very deliciously."

Banggeng was carrying a stick in his hand; obviously, he had just used this to knock on the chicken feed basin.

"My little aunt's little chicks also eat shrimp."

This sounded a bit strange...

"Is that so!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, suppressed a smile, and asked in surprise, "Your little aunt also has little chicks?"

"Of course!"

Banggeng looked at Wu Shu suspiciously, thinking that when Wu Shu was on a business trip, his little aunt's little chicks were already there.

But thinking that Wu Shu was busy with ten thousand things, it was possible he had forgotten.

So at this moment, Banggeng reminded him very seriously, "Yes, but they aren't as big as ours."

"Pfft~"

Li Xuewu looked at the big-faced cat's serious appearance and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at!"

Banggeng was confused by Li Xuewu's laughter. Afraid that Li Xuewu wouldn't believe him, he pointed to the front courtyard and asked Li Xuewu, "Do you want to see my little aunt's little chicks? Let's go, I'll take you to see."

"Banggeng!"

Qin Huairu, who was drawing water by the faucet in the middle courtyard, had long heard the conversation between her son and Li Xuewu in the backyard.

At this moment, seeing her son being led into the ditch by that bad guy again, she walked to the Moon Gate and called out.

When Banggeng turned his head in confusion, Qin Huairu walked a few steps to the door of Li Xuewu's house, rubbed the back of her son's head, and said, "Finished feeding? Go home to eat; you still have to go to school."

Banggeng didn't know what had happened. He looked at his mother, then at Wu Shu who was still smiling, and was a bit stunned.

Qin Huairu watched her son walk toward the Moon Gate, then glared at Li Xuewu and scolded, "And you said you were learning to be good; look at how you're leading my son."

"Blame me!"

Li Xuewu also said with a smile, "We were talking very purely here; how did I become a bad guy in your eyes?"

"Get lost!"

Qin Huairu scolded and wanted to pinch Li Xuewu twice; this bad guy was too annoying.

But this was in the courtyard, so she didn't dare to mess around with Li Xuewu, so she had to pretend to be fierce and say, "You are a bad guy!"

Li Xuewu stood at the door, watched Qin Huairu walk out of the courtyard angrily, and rubbed his face amusedly.

When he turned around and wanted to enter the room, he saw Deaf Grandma sitting at the door watching the fun.

"Hehe, your health is quite good, right?"

Li Xuewu hadn't seen this old lady for a while; even when the weather was good, she came out less.

His father had checked her a few times; her legs and feet weren't good, and it was hard to walk even with a cane.

Deaf Grandma saw Li Xuewu greeting her, pointed at Li Xuewu with the cane in her hand, and said with a smile, "Bad brat~"

"Hahaha~"

Who damn said this old lady was deaf? Her ears were sharp when watching the fun! ===== CHAPTER 563 =====