Chapter 641: A

On Saturday afternoon, Li Xuewu originally had a meeting over at the Public Security Brigade regarding expansion.

But Ai Jiaqing suddenly called him, making an appointment to come and visit the refrigerated train Li Xuewu had told her about in the afternoon.

Li Xuewu had no choice but to discuss it with Wang Xiaoqin, delaying the meeting slightly until he could rush back.

Ai Jiaqing knew Li Xuewu had things to do in the afternoon, so she came quite early and brought a few people from her unit, showing great sincerity.

When Li Xuewu greeted Ai Jiaqing and her party downstairs at the reception center, he was also surprised by her team, because there were foreigners among them.

"Hello, Director Ai, I thought you had forgotten about me."

"Hehe, Li Chu left a deep impression on me; how could I easily forget?"

Ai Jiaqing was worthy of being a female cadre who had worked outside for many years; her response was quite appropriate.

Li Xuewu's words had a double meaning, and she also responded in kind.

After shaking hands, Ai Jiaqing introduced the people she brought to Li Xuewu.

"Director Lin, in charge of business."

"Director Zhang, in charge of transport assessment."

"Director Han, in charge of cargo quality."

"Selina, in charge of cargo sales."

Li Xuewu listened to her introduction and shook hands with these people one by one. Hearing her introduction, he knew that this person's position wasn't high, and the rank wasn't high either.

Only positions like Yu Decai's were called "Director," which were substantive positions.

And outside, without relevant department prefixes, they could be clerks in the government office; just traveling abroad, they had some power, so they were called "Director."

However, everyone lifts the flowery sedan chair; Li Xuewu wouldn't care about this rank, as long as he knew Ai Jiaqing's ability and position.

Treating the people she brought, they weren't from the Steel Rolling Factory, so why care about the rank?

When shaking hands with the last golden-haired big-wave woman, Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Ai Jiaqing, asking, "Do you want to invite comrades from the Investigation Department or the Confidentiality Department over?"

"Hello, Li Chu, I am a Hong Konger."

Selina's Chinese was average, but at least she could speak it, and fluently; the pronunciation might be a bit off, but communicating wasn't difficult.

Li Xuewu looked at the big-wave woman again and smiled, saying, "I didn't expect your Chinese to be so good; truly impressive."

Selina didn't feel that she was as impressive as Li Xuewu said; as a professional woman, her head was still very clear.

"Thank you; you are a Section Chief at such a young age, which is also very impressive."

"Hahahaha~"

Li Xuewu knew that anyone brought by Ai Jiaqing to the mainland to report on their work wouldn't be a simple character.

He tested her with one sentence, and she returned one.

Since they could say that, they must be very familiar with the workplace relationships in the mainland, and could even point out the differences in age and Section Chief status.

Li Xuewu smiled and looked at Ai Jiaqing, saying, "You can consider this giving me a 'warning shot' right off the bat."

Ai Jiaqing smiled and explained, "Selina's identity has been reported; no need to worry."

Li Xuewu nodded, understood the meaning in Ai Jiaqing's words, and also smiled meaningfully, explaining, "You're overthinking it; I said this because there are things in the factory, and the eldest son of Director Ji is in the factory, so there's no need to cause trouble."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Ai Jiaqing looked at Li Xuewu indifferently and then said, "It doesn't matter; I heard he intends to develop in Hong Kong, so there will be more opportunities for contact then."

"Is that so? Going to Hong Kong?"

Li Xuewu pretended to be surprised and said, "This kid, it's very sudden; he didn't tell me!"

"Hehe, perhaps I heard wrong."

Ai Jiaqing glanced at the lake view of Tuanjie Lake and brushed it off casually; she didn't believe Li Xuewu didn't know.

According to the news she investigated, Li Xuewu was about to wear the same pair of pants as the child of Director Ji's family. To say that Ji Weidong going to Hong Kong had nothing to do with Li Xuewu, she could drink all the water in the lake in front of her eyes.

She really took her for a fool; Li Xuewu was about to lay out his layout in Hong Kong, the Ji family was clearly involved, and then the eldest son of the Ji family went to Hong Kong to develop.

She considered she had seen it; unexpectedly, Li Xuewu not only pulled in Director Ji but also pulled in the Investigation Department.

Just what she saw was already such a big force; what about what she hadn't seen?

They all said the water in Beijing was deep; she had worked in Hong Kong for a long time before, but this time when she came back, she felt it on Li Xuewu.

A small Deputy Section Chief had such ability; if...

"I will definitely ask him properly when I go back; he's truly not particular!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, looked at the group, and gestured, asking, "Should we rest and have a cup of tea first, or go directly to the workshop?"

"Go to the workshop."

"Go to the workshop."

Li Xuewu smiled politely, "It's still far off; how can it compare to your extensive knowledge, not to mention Hong Kong."

"Oh? It's actually you!"

Ai Jiaqing got into the car, glanced at Li Xuewu in surprise, and then nodded with a smile, "It seems that just as the ancients said, 'A scholar doesn't go out, yet knows all things under heaven.'"

Li Xuewu sat in the back row with her; the front passenger seat was the big-wave woman, and a scent of perfume rushed toward them.

Sha Qizhi had long been sent by him to the dispatch workshop to make preparations; it was Yu Decai who came with him to do the reception work.

Yu Decai arranged for others to take another car, and only then did they rush to the dispatch workshop together.

When the car started moving, Li Xuewu opened the car window and smiled, explaining, "It's not any scholar; it's just that I read a lot of magazines given by Director Ji."

After speaking, he gestured outside and said, "Is the style different from Hong Kong? What are the factories in Hong Kong like?"

Ai Jiaqing also saw Li Xuewu's gesture; the Selina in front was very ignorant and looked out the window, which was why Li Xuewu was nervous.

"It can't compare to the Steel Rolling Factory."

Ai Jiaqing didn't remind her; it was just like this, silly, looking straight, and it didn't look like she was stealing secrets.

Li Xuewu also saw it; otherwise, it wouldn't be teasing, and the M1911 would have been on her head long ago.

"Small factories in Hong Kong are very small, the workshops are narrow, there are no such thick brick and tile buildings, and the venue isn't so flat. Medium-sized factories are better; they will be built on beach land and be slightly flatter."

"Only the environment of large factories can compare with the Steel Rolling Factory; there is too little flat land in Hong Kong, and land is too precious."

Listening to Ai Jiaqing's introduction, Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, as if it were the first time he had heard the introduction of Hong Kong.

But Ai Jiaqing couldn't see sincere surprise on Li Xuewu's face no matter what; or perhaps Li Xuewu actually already knew what she was saying.

Thanks to Li Xuewu's expression remaining unchanged; if he had deliberately shown some surprise, she would have truly been disappointed in Li Xuewu.

"The depth is narrow, the land area is small, and the commercial activities that can be carried out are not suitable for the large-cluster industrial model."

Li Xuewu said, "Especially the narrowness of the manual model is an advantage, but also a drawback."

Seeing Li Xuewu say this, the Selina sitting in front was unhappy; she turned back to look at Li Xuewu and said unconvinced, "Your land is vast, but the industry is backward, especially integrated industry; heavy industries like yours also have limitations."

"Selina!"

Ai Jiaqing frowned and scolded her when she saw Selina speaking to Li Xuewu so directly.

Selina was also afraid of Ai Jiaqing; seeing her open her mouth, she nodded slightly to Li Xuewu and turned back to continue looking out the window at the factory area.

Li Xuewu saw Ai Jiaqing smiling at him and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone expresses their own opinions, and it's not a dispute of spirit; don't mind it. Discussing the strengths and weaknesses of advantages is not as good as discussing learning from each other's strengths to make up for weaknesses."

"What do you think? Director Ai?"

"Yes, Li Chu has foresight."

Ai Jiaqing nodded with a smile, expressing agreement with Li Xuewu's words.

At the same time, she raised Li Xuewu's score to another level in her heart; this young man was too powerful.

The command car drove very fast, and before Selina could see what the Steel Rolling Factory was like, the car had already arrived at the dispatch workshop.

To say that taking them to the production workshop was absolutely impossible, because there was indeed a need for confidentiality there.

Especially for people who came back from the outside, especially paying attention to the confirmation of identity and long-term trust investigation.

Coming to the dispatch workshop was fine; what they were looking at was just the open-air parking lot, and what was parked inside were train carriages.

Sha Qizhi had long since made arrangements here; the group got out of the car and saw the parking lot of the refrigerated train.

Li Xuewu led Ai Jiaqing first; in front, there were scattered security guards from the Security Division, ensuring that the group arrived directly at the refrigerated train location.

"Standard freight carriages, forty-four carriages, all retrofitted with air-conditioning refrigeration systems, ensuring a low-temperature environment down to minus twenty degrees Celsius."

The group rushed to the parking spot of the carriages and stepped on the ladder to check the inside of the carriages.

"The inside looks really good; manual, right? What is it used for?"

Ai Jiaqing knocked on the insulation board inside the carriage and asked Li Xuewu, but Li Xuewu spread his hands and said, "I am a security cadre, not a production cadre; I don't know any of these specific data and what the carriages are used for."

"Hehe~"

Selina chuckled, leaned over to Ai Jiaqing, and whispered, "He's as slippery as an eel; don't trust him."

Ai Jiaqing saw her whispering and, fearing Li Xuewu would mind, gestured lightly.

Selina also restrained herself, smiled at Li Xuewu, and said, "Sorry, some women's little secrets."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and didn't mind this, continuing to introduce.

They were the leaders, and they didn't look at all the carriages, but Li Xuewu led them to look at the inside and the appearance.

The few people in charge of transport and cargo looked very seriously, looking at them carriage by carriage.

It was just that they didn't let Li Xuewu start them up to see if they worked well, because this wasn't just a matter of whether it was troublesome or not, but a matter of money.

Starting this train would use quite a bit of electricity; Li Xuewu couldn't let them watch for fun.

Just looking was enough; knowing there was such a thing, the future cooperation could be considered to have a foundation.

It had been so many days, and only then did they suddenly come to the door; Li Xuewu also knew that Ai Jiaqing's fishing skills were excellent.

It's just that Li Xuewu also liked fishing; although his craftsmanship wasn't great, he won by having patience.

The group got back in the car and returned to the reception center. Looking at the lake view, Li Xuewu directly invited the group to sit in the rest area by the lake.

The attendant brought tea and fruit, and Sha Qizhi, seeing it was hot, asked if they needed ice cream or cold drinks here.

Li Xuewu, however, waved his hand; two cents a string, with so many people, who could afford it?

He then said to Sha Qizhi, who was leaning over, "Foreigners don't eat ice cream; don't ask, show some respect."

"Oh! Oh~"

Sha Qizhi thought he had asked the wrong question; he didn't expect foreigners not to eat ice cream! How strange!

He was also seeing a woman with golden big waves for the first time, so he glanced at Selina embarrassedly and left.

Li Xuewu saw Selina looking over with puffed cheeks and explained embarrassedly, "Sorry, some men's little secrets."

"Wow! ~"

Selina heard Li Xuewu's fluent English and standard London accent, couldn't help but cover her mouth, looked at Li Xuewu in surprise, and then looked at Ai Jiaqing.

And Ai Jiaqing, who was holding a teacup preparing to drink tea, also widened her eyes and looked at Li Xuewu.

The few people who came together didn't know what had happened; they sat on the side and watched the three. Was it worth being so surprised to use English?

Li Xuewu, however, didn't care at all and took a sip of tea, then looked at the two.

Selina saw from Ai Jiaqing's surprised gaze that she also didn't know this Li Chu could speak English.

Looking at Li Xuewu again, Selina smiled and shook her head, saying, "Stinginess is not a quality a gentleman should have~"

Li Xuewu pursed his lips, nodded slightly, and replied, "For a lady, it's not either~"

"Hehe, she doesn't quite understand our habits in the mainland."

Ai Jiaqing smiled and smoothed things over, then changed the topic and asked, "I see your refrigerated carriages are parked and not in use? What's going on?"

"They are in use."

Li Xuewu explained, "We have offices in many places, and the relevant commodity adjustments keep the factory's trains in a profitable state."

"The train you see is because it needs maintenance."

Li Xuewu gestured and said, "Our tracks are connected to normal railway tracks, so according to railway requirements, all operating carriages need regular maintenance."

Ai Jiaqing nodded, essentially agreeing with Li Xuewu's point of view.

Even if the Steel Rolling Factory's train was idle, it had nothing to do with them; it was nothing more than having a slight advantage in future cooperation.

They came today to see the specific data, and also to see if there was truly such a thing.

Seeing those train carriages and the relevant equipment were all new, they were all relieved.

Li Xuewu didn't care about their purpose; he just chatted along with Ai Jiaqing's topic, without any urgency to cooperate at all.

The group sat by the lake talking, blowing the breeze, which was quite comfortable.

Especially Selina, who attracted many curious gazes; although there were foreigners in Beijing, they didn't come to the Steel Rolling Factory often.

The Annam students who came last time weren't yellow-haired, but this time, a golden-haired, blue-eyed white girl came, and she was especially white.

During the chat, Li Xuewu specifically asked before he knew that this one wasn't British, let alone American; she had the attributes of a Russian from the north, a Ukrainian girl.

Her ancestors were nobles; the Tsar was killed, and her ancestors ran out to become wanderers.

There were quite a few such people in Hong Kong; there used to be more in Shanghai, and many of the "foreign horses" who came out to sell were of Tsarist Russian noble descent.

Of course, these people had those who mixed well and those who didn't. Those who mixed well stood their ground in Hong Kong, and those who didn't were fed to the fish long ago.

Selina didn't introduce her ancestors to Li Xuewu; perhaps she didn't mix well, or she knew the attributes here, and someone of Li Xuewu's status might have been an enemy of her ancestors on her side.

Li Xuewu just said that at the very beginning, Selina's emphasis on her Hong Konger identity was a bit wrong; didn't the British emphasize that they were the Great British Empire, and even the mixed-race ones dared to shout that they were purebred?

Looking at her appearance, it didn't look like it; British women weren't that white, their features weren't that good-looking, and the golden degree of their hair color was rarely that pure.

Selina saw Li Xuewu was interested in her, so she smiled and asked, "Li Chu, are you married?"

"Hehe, I am."

Li Xuewu replied lightly and asked, "Doesn't my appearance look like it?"

Selina smiled and shook her head, saying, "Too young. What does your wife do?"

"Doctor."

Li Xuewu said frankly, "She is a surgeon."

"That's very good~"

Selina nodded with emotion and said, "In Hong Kong, surgeons make a lot of money; you are a very good match."

"It's a good match, thank you."

Li Xuewu emphasized and explained, "Different from Hong Kong, my wife being a doctor is not for money, but for ideals and a spirit of dedication."

"Is that so? I understand."

Selina seemed to have a lot of interest in talking, saying, "Your lives don't need a lot of money; the commodity supply system is different from Hong Kong, the wage gap is very small, right?"

"Right! You know a lot about the mainland."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, praised her, and explained, "We don't pursue material enjoyment; instead, we care about the pursuit of the spiritual world, such as ideals, such as hobbies, such as service, which is similar to the charity work you do."

"Wow, you are truly very good."

Selina nodded and said, "If the basic society is in this state, people will live very easily, the spiritual world will be very rich, and they won't pursue money; it's truly good."

After speaking, looking at Li Xuewu's simple and plain dress, she also nodded and said, "You must be very frugal; although life is tight, your cultural quality and cultivation are very high, and you have the temperament of a scholar."

"Hahahaha~"

"Cough cough cough~"

"Selina~"

Ai Jiaqing, who was sitting on the side, saw Selina actually chatting with Li Xuewu and didn't mind.

But the more she listened, the more unreliable it became; until she heard Selina say Li Xuewu's life was tight, a mouthful of water choked in her throat, and she almost coughed out tears.

Li Xuewu's laughter and constant nodding made her feel a bit dumbfounded. Others didn't know, but didn't she know Li Xuewu's family wealth?

Ten tons of gold, of which two and a half tons were Li Xuewu's; did they really treat gold like dung?

Ai Jiaqing reminded the somewhat bewildered Selina in a low voice, "You can't directly say someone's life is tight here; this is a word to describe yourself, or to describe facts."

"Oh oh oh, sorry."

Selina apologized to Li Xuewu and said, "I didn't mean it; I didn't know this word couldn't be used for others."

Ai Jiaqing saw that Selina didn't grasp the point; she had already said this was stating facts, which meant Li Xuewu wasn't a person whose life was tight, and she was still apologizing.

Li Xuewu, however, waved his hand with a smile and said, "It doesn't matter; our cadres don't avoid their living conditions. As long as we work hard, we will create a happy life with our own hands."

"Truly good~"

Selina truly admired a man like Li Xuewu whose thinking was pure, clean, and hardworking. It didn't matter if he didn't have money; as long as his spiritual world was rich, he had ideals, and was willing to work hard, he would have a happy life.

Compared to the elite young men in Hong Kong now, who only had money in their eyes, and for the sake of money, bent their knees to flatter, flattered superiors and ghosts, compared to a man like Li Xuewu whose eyes had light, they were just puppets of money.

Watching Selina being "deceived," Ai Jiaqing was also speechless. Seeing that the problem was discussed almost enough, she took the initiative to propose leaving.

"Sorry, Li Chu, I delayed your work."

"It doesn't matter; you are welcome to be guests at any time."

Li Xuewu stood up with a smile and shook hands with the group one by one.

This time it was in the order of seats. When he finally shook hands with Ai Jiaqing, he only saw this workplace female powerhouse looking at Li Xuewu teasingly and saying, "I'll bring people to your club tomorrow morning to sit and taste the craftsmanship there."

After speaking, she didn't talk nonsense with Li Xuewu and walked toward the door with her people.

That side was the car they took when they came, and Yu Decai sent them off on that side.

Sha Qizhi walked to Li Xuewu's side and asked, "Section Chief, should we move to the city?"

"Mm, let's go; don't let Political Commissar Wang and the others wait anxiously."

Li Xuewu looked at the time and walked out with Sha Qizhi.

On the way, many people were looking at him, feeling that this Steel Rolling Factory was truly awesome, even foreigners came to be guests.

Li Xuewu didn't explain to the factory, nor did he let Ai Jiaqing see other people in the factory; how to operate this project remained to be confirmed.

It depended on the development of the situation; if it couldn't land, Li Xuewu also didn't need to make this project happen.

Getting in the car, Han Jiankun drove faster, and the meeting of the Public Security Brigade was also a focus.

Li Xuewu looked at the content of the meeting in the car, and at the same time checked the work arrangements for this week and next week with Sha Qizhi.

When the car arrived, Li Xuewu got out and went straight to the conference room; he had called when he came out, and the time was very accurate.

The afternoon meeting was mainly to coordinate the formation of a new recruit company—calling it a company was small; this time they were preparing to recruit 1,500 people, which was almost a new recruit training regiment.

The pressure on the dormitory alone tortured Wang Xiaoqin enough. Finally, Li Xuewu made the decision to prepare to ask the street for the large building in the east courtyard.

The history of this courtyard was too complicated, and the history of being requisitioned was also very complicated. The number of units that had worked here alone included several.

The east courtyard had a row of buildings on the side close to the road, six stories, very long; now it was a book warehouse for the cultural department, and there were also editorial departments and offices. It was unknown how many second-level and third-level units were hidden inside.

Li Xuewu wasn't picking soft persimmons to pinch, but this entire courtyard was requisitioned and allocated to the Public Security Brigade directly by the district.

That is to say, it included the east courtyard, as well as the structures on the ground of the east courtyard.

Before, because the Public Security Brigade's place was enough, and there were a bit too many units on that side, Li Xuewu was too lazy to mess with them.

This time it wouldn't work; Li Xuewu had looked at it when he came, and this large building could change the front door to the back door, and it would be no problem to install 1,500 people.

At the same time, it could also solve the office problem after expansion. Now the dormitories where the team members live are actually set up as office areas.

If there is unified dormitory management, it would be convenient for the office environment.

Li Xuewu also didn't expect the Public Security Brigade to develop so smoothly, and the situation to be so favorable.

They all say that the development of the situation should be viewed from two aspects; this saying is truly correct.

Li Xuewu mentioned this problem when he was holding a meeting with Wang Xiaoqin and Shen Fang, and handed it to Wang Xiaoqin as a representative to talk to the heads of various units on that side.

Wang Xiaoqin twitched the corner of her mouth, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "So all these thankless tasks are given to me?"

"How can you say that? I'm busy."

Li Xuewu scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Then I'll handle it. I promised to do a good job of logistics support, so I'll handle it."

Seeing Li Xuewu take the initiative to take responsibility, Wang Xiaoqin also nodded with a smile, but still exhorted, "Pay attention to the wording and rhetoric; they are all cultured people, don't ruin our image."

"Am I not a cultured person?"

Li Xuewu blinked and said, "I'm a college student; I've even published books. You don't even want to call me a cultured person?"

"Good good good, you are a cultured person, you are a literary giant, okay?"

Wang Xiaoqin responded with a smile, and then took the notebook to report to Li Xuewu about contacting departments responsible for distribution such as various districts, personnel departments, and schools to recruit people.

Overall, it was still very smooth. It was rare to have such a large recruitment volume, which reduced a little pressure on job placement for graduates this year.

But for the requirements put forward by the Public Security Brigade, these units were very puzzled.

Isn't it police? Why do they also require good academic performance? And why are physical fitness and cultural performance both listed as recruitment requirements?

This was also the reason why Wang Xiaoqin mentioned the "cultured person" label to Li Xuewu after she came back; it turned out that these units related to schools all took these police as reckless men.

Li Xuewu looked at the laughing and crying Wang Xiaoqin and smiled, "It is to break this old concept of our unit and profession; otherwise, people in society would think that this line of work can be done with hands."

"Hehe, it really is just like that."

Wang Xiaoqin crossed her legs helplessly and said, "Some schools said they can only distribute according to their standards, like selling cabbage; they let us pick the good ones, then who sells the short ones?"

"Then don't take them; better to have a shortage than to have poor quality!"

Li Xuewu sat leaning on the sofa, his hand on the sofa armrest, holding a cigarette, narrowing his eyes and saying, "What is the situation of graduates now? It's supply exceeding demand!"

"Isn't it?!"

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu sat on the sofa and laughed a few times, then took a puff of cigarette and said, "If they don't give, we won't take them. Cast a wider net, announce our recruitment standards and welfare benefits, and let the students in the school know."

"I'm afraid the impact won't be good."

Wang Xiaoqin said worriedly, "The wind is not right now; I went to the school to visit, and the situation I saw is very worrying."

"So this time, let's do a big one."

The cigarette in Li Xuewu's hand drifted in front of his eyes, his eyes narrowed, "It's hard to say how the situation will change; for us, it's an opportunity, and for those students, it's also an opportunity."

"Let's see fate."

Shen Fang nodded and sighed.

He knew some situations, and Li Xuewu had also told him some, which could be considered relatively pessimistic about the future situation.

As time passed, he also gradually realized that the conjectures Li Xuewu had told him were being realized.

This also made him even stricter with the Public Security Brigade; he had been finding the good seedlings selected to talk to recently.

It could be said that he had exhausted all means: promotion channels, staying behind to become a small team leader, simpler work, and so on.

Li Xuewu made decisions and deployments; sometimes Wang Xiaoqin still had to ask clearly, while Shen Fang didn't even ask, resolutely executing them.

"Analyze more, pay more attention, seize the opportunity."

Li Xuewu sat on the sofa and looked at the time; it was almost time to get off work, so he had to go home, so he made the final instructions.

"Just now at the meeting, various investigation groups have been divided. When the time comes, first go to the school to investigate a batch, submit the list, and ask for people directly."

"Be tougher."

Li Xuewu stood up and said to Wang Xiaoqin and Shen Fang, "We hold the iron rice bowl in our hands; can we still be afraid of not finding suitable people?"

"You offended the inside and the outside."

Wang Xiaoqin pointed at Li Xuewu and said, "Be careful that people hold a grudge against you."

"Hehe, give them a few guts."

Li Xuewu smiled and gestured for Sha Qizhi to tidy up the room, while he himself instructed Wang Xiaoqin, "Go to the branch bureau a few more times, explain the plan clearly to Director Zheng and Director Gao, and explain it in detail; the leaders' attention is more important than how much we do."

As he spoke, he rubbed his fingers and gestured with a smile, "Money~"

"Hahahaha~"

The three laughed and walked out of the office; perhaps it was the smooth implementation of the plan that made the three of them in a very good mood, and the people in the office could also feel the leader's happiness.

When walking to the parking lot, Wang Xiaoqin gestured to the large building in the east and asked, "When are you going to talk?"

"Talk about what?"

Li Xuewu glanced at Wang Xiaoqin and said, "My family's things are taken back, and I still have to talk? You really take me for a cultured person?"

"What do you want to do!"

Wang Xiaoqin reminded, "Don't be reckless; it's sensitive right now, don't cause trouble."

"Big sister, remember one sentence."

Li Xuewu smiled at Wang Xiaoqin before getting in the car, "This is called 'a scholar meets a soldier, and the reason is unclear'."

After speaking, he closed the car door, and seeing Sha Qizhi come up, he gestured for Han Jiankun to drive.

Wang Xiaoqin watched Li Xuewu's car leave, muttering in her heart, really afraid that Li Xuewu would clash with these people.

Li Xuewu wouldn't; the command car passed by the entrance of the east building, and he let Han Jiankun stop the car.

Sha Qizhi got the order, carried the bag, and jumped out of the car.

He didn't care about the people coming in and out of the building after work, and directly took a clearance letter from the bag, applied glue, and pasted it directly on the bulletin board in the lobby.

"Hey! Which unit are you from! How can you paste announcements on our wall!"

Sha Qizhi was ready to leave; when he turned his head, he saw the person on duty come out.

Gesturing to the wall, Sha Qizhi reminded, "Look carefully, it's not an announcement, it's a clearance letter. Don't ask me which unit I'm from; there's a seal there, look for yourself."

After speaking, he didn't wait for the security guard to say anything, walked out of the lobby, walked to the car, got in, and the command car left.

The security guard stood at the gate and looked at the command car; it was quite fresh, and there was an antenna on its head.

When he turned his head and looked carefully at the notice on the wall, he was almost scared out of his wits.

"Hey! It turns out they came to tear down the house!"

The security guard saw the large seal covered below and panicked, hurriedly returning to the duty room to call various departments to notify them.

In a while, it was lively under the building; people from various departments upstairs ran down to see the situation, blocking the entrance and surrounding a circle of people.

And there was a trend of more and more people surrounding it, because people who got off work also squeezed in to see the excitement. 【641-2

"Hey! So they really came to tear down the house!"

The security guard panicked when he saw the big seal stamped below and hurriedly returned to the duty room to call various departments to notify them.

Before long, it was lively downstairs. People from various units upstairs ran down to see the situation, blocking the entrance and surrounding a circle of people.

And there was a trend of more and more people surrounding it, because people getting off work also squeezed in to see the excitement when they saw it was lively.

These were still fine; the entrance was blocked tightly. Those getting off work shouldn't think about getting off work, and those going out shouldn't think about going out; everyone followed as it got more and more blocked.

Finally, there was really no way; some even jumped out of the windows on the first floor, and the leaders of various units upstairs were so anxious they were stomping their feet.

After searching the drawers for a long time, they finally found the phone number for the backyard. When they called, they were told the leader had gotten off work and to talk about it on Monday.

Asking when the leader would be free on Monday, they were told again that the leader was a part-timer, and it was uncertain whether he would come on Monday.

Now it was done; all departments panicked, because the clearance letter said that next Sunday they would enter the site for renovation, and at that time, they would directly block the door with sand and cement, and they wouldn't be able to move even if they wanted to.

Hey, they only gave one week to move; how is that enough!

But even if you wanted a few more days, you have to be able to find someone to discuss it with. Finally, with no other choice, after a discussion, they decided to look upward.

Whoever arranged for them to come, look for that person. Reporting level by level, they directly found a department-level unit under the cultural department, and that side promised to coordinate.

As for whether they would coordinate not to move or coordinate the time to move, that side didn't give a definite answer either.

Because it was already past work time at this point, the only reason someone promised to coordinate was because too many calls were made.

Li Xuewu caused a big scene, but he didn't care; he directly returned home to pick up his family and return to the Sihe Academy.

Perhaps it was because Li Xuewu had spent less time living in the Sihe Academy, the neighbors had a sense of distance from him, and their greetings seemed a bit more enthusiastic.

Li Xuewu brought his wife and children back, and everyone who saw them had to stand still and say a word or two.

Because they were returning from the West Seeing Seeing He Yuan, they were all people from the courtyard, and Li Xuewu couldn't just leave without saying a word.

The old lady and Gu Ning took the children home first, while Li Xuewu stood at the Chuihua Gate and said a few words to the First Master and Third Master who had gotten off work.

The First Master looked in good condition, and his body had recovered well; it was clear that the medicine supply during his time in the hospital had been effective.

Thinking that Han Yating had also recovered quickly recently, the hospital's cost-no-object treatment was indeed effective.

"Director Li, what does this document mean?"

Yan Fugui finally caught someone. Li Xuewu was the only one in the courtyard with high political awareness, which made him seem learned.

He wanted to ask Qin Huairu, but she had to be willing to pay attention to him.

Li Xuewu was too lazy to pay attention to him. Seeing the First Master frowning, he smiled and said, "I have a principle: I don't talk about work matters after work."

After speaking, he signaled toward the Daozuo room and said with a smile, "Brother Zhuzi is calling me; perhaps there is something. You guys go ahead."

"Hey! ~"

Seeing Li Xuewu turn and return to the Daozuo room, Yan Fugui raised his hand anxiously, wanting to call Li Xuewu back, but because Li Xuewu walked fast, he could only put it down dejectedly.

Looking at the First Master beside him again, he saw that the First Master had also entered the Chuihua Gate and gone inside.

"Hey! Good heavens~"

Yan Fugui muttered, "So I've become a lonely man~"

Standing here, Seeing Sha Zhu looked at the Chuihua Gate, signaled to Li Xuewu, and asked, "What are you talking about? Doesn't look like anything good~"

"Go~ what good can come from talking to him?"

Li Xuewu responded with a smile, looked into the room, and asked, "Did Biaozi go up the mountain again?"

"Yes."

Because it was hot in the room, the boys were all standing in the courtyard after cleaning up. Seeing Sha Zhu was the chef today, wearing an apron and standing at the door holding a large ladle, talking to Li Xuewu.

"He left in the morning, saying he had an appointment with you tonight."

"I know, he said it last week."

Li Xuewu responded, then looked into the room and asked, "Why are you the only one here? No one helping in the kitchen?"

"Your sister-in-law was just here, but there was no work left, so she went home to wash clothes."

Seeing Sha Zhu shook the ladle in his hand, blinked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "Hey, what about Deputy Factory Director Deng's matter? Can he still come back?"

Li Xuewu looked at him and said, "Still caring about the factory? Get the matters at home clear first."

After speaking, he nodded at Seeing Sha Zhu and said, "Pazile calls me brother, and Diliya is his younger sister. How did she become my sister-in-law?"

Li Xuewu said while poking Seeing Sha Zhu's shoulder and asked, "Then what does Pazile call me?"

"Call him whatever you want, but I'm older than you, so you have to call her sister-in-law."

Seeing Sha Zhu tilted his neck, laughing, and said, "It's just this unreasonable."

Li Xuewu laughed mischievously: "I'll tell Pazile later that you are the wrestling expert in our hutong, and let him spar with you. Then we'll see what to call you."

"Hey! You really can't afford to play!"

Seeing Sha Zhu grabbed Li Xuewu's arm and said, "Aren't you playing dirty? My brother-in-law has been wrestling since he was a child; wrestling me is like playing."

"Oh! So you have a day when you say you can't do it!"

Li Xuewu laughed and teased Seeing Sha Zhu, saying, "Where is that spirit of defeating everyone in the world?"

"Nonsense~"

Seeing Sha Zhu was also a bit embarrassed, raised his face and said, "I said there are no rivals in this hutong; my brother-in-law came from the snow mountains."

Speaking of this, he poked Li Xuewu hard and whispered, "Don't mess around. It's not that I'm not used to you calling Diliya sister-in-law, but I'm not used to calling Pazile brother-in-law~"

"Yo~ what are you two talking about here? So lively~"

Qin Huairu came out of the courtyard. Seeing Li Xuewu standing here, she walked to the screen gate and greeted him with a smile.

Seeing Sha Zhu waved his hand with a smile and said, "Talking about problems between men; it's not convenient for you to listen!"

Qin Huairu curled her lips, looked at Seeing Sha Zhu's lower body, and said deliberately, "If there's a problem, you have to find Uncle Li; don't believe his, he's a second-rate hand."