Chapter 667: Black and White

Li Xuewu hung up Wen San's phone and called Jicheng again.

This time it took a bit longer, and finally, Xi Lin answered.

She was also able to mix well locally by relying on Zhang Wanhe's previous influence.

And because of the existence of the old Jianghu Ding Wanqiu, it didn't seem difficult.

It was originally a lowly industry, with few people paying attention. Coupled with their low-key actions and business not being directed at individuals, it left them with no trouble.

Receiving a call at this time, Xi Lin could guess who it was.

Although she was looking forward to it, when she picked up the phone and heard Li Xuewu's voice, she was a bit silent.

Li Xuewu didn't have the habit of dawdling on the phone and asked directly: "How is Jicheng? Are there any changes in the people who came down from the mountain?"

"No, still the same."

Xi Lin's voice was a bit muffled. This was the first time Li Xuewu had called her, but he only asked about business.

"Pay attention."

Li Xuewu exhorted: "Check if there are any abnormalities in the things and letters that have passed through hands, and keep an eye on this year's harvest. If necessary, you can go up the mountain to take a look."

"Understood."

Xi Lin nodded on the phone and said yes. Seeing Li Xuewu say this, she asked worriedly: "Is there a change in the Steel City?"

"Nothing, just keep an eye on Jicheng."

Li Xuewu paused, looked at the old lady walking out of the dining room, and asked, listening to Xi Lin's muffled voice: "Did you catch a cold? Take care of your health."

"No, ate something salty."

Xi Lin felt inexplicably warm when she heard Li Xuewu's caring words and hurriedly explained.

Li Xuewu said a few more words and hung up. Without looking at Ji Weidong's curled lips, he dialed and called Jicheng again.

This time it was to the Second Uncle. The doorman didn't know who was calling. Hearing it was for Li Gan, he said "wait" impolitely and went to call him.

Because it wasn't far, the Second Uncle answered the phone quickly. Seeing it was Li Xuewu, he smiled and said: "You kid, I was wondering who it was."

"Hehe, missed you, so I called you."

Li Xuewu was also playing the fool, waving at the old lady.

The old lady didn't know what was going on, but seeing Li Xuewu wave, she walked over.

Li Gan saw Li Xuewu playing around and scolded with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense. You miss me? Tell me, what's the matter?"

Li Xuewu signaled the old lady to sit next to him, took the phone, and said: "What I told you last time, a friend is in Jicheng. He'll go to you tomorrow for something. Please help and go up the mountain for a trip."

"I thought it was something."

Li Gan smiled and said: "Is such a small thing worth a phone call? Is money burning?"

After finishing, he remembered something and asked: "Is everything fine at home? Where are you?"

Li Xuewu had already handed the phone to the old lady at this moment. The old lady also recognized her second son's voice, took the phone, and said with a smile: "Old Second~"

"Hey, Mom!"

Li Gan was quite pleasantly surprised to suddenly hear his old mother's voice and asked with a smile: "Where are you? At home or at Xuewu's?"

"At Xuewu's. Xiao Ning moved here after returning home."

The old lady chatted with her son with a smile, as if she really saw her son right in front of her eyes.

It wasn't that she didn't know there was a phone at the Sihe Academy, but the old lady had never taken the initiative to call the children.

Not knowing how to use it was one aspect, and not wanting to disturb the children was another.

She had a temperament of being content with whatever comes and not asking for help, and even less wanted to trouble anyone by borrowing these things.

The phone was prepared by the public for her grandson, not for her to chat about family matters.

If Li Xuewu hadn't stuffed the phone into her hand today, she wouldn't have thought about calling the children either.

But once she picked up the phone, she couldn't put it down, asking about this and that, and asked about the son's whole family.

Li Gan was also worried about his old mother on the other end, talked about the situation at home, and asked about the family in Jingcheng.

The old lady's answer was simple, only saying it was good. One look and you knew she was a mother, reporting good news but not bad.

She chatted with her son for a few sentences, looked at the grandson standing at the entrance talking, exhorted a few more sentences, and hung up.

She didn't know exactly how much money it cost to make a call, just that this thing was expensive.

But she didn't know that the phone in Li Xuewu's house had never paid a phone bill, and no one had asked him for it.

The strangeness was strange here. When Li Xuewu took over the house, he found a phone in the study on the second floor and tried it, and it was still working.

How long had this house been left empty? No one had come to urge the phone bill. Li Xuewu had also checked the phone line and found it was connected to the main line box.

Calling in was fine, and calling out was fine, but no one had ever come to look for it.

He had also worried about the problem of leaking secrets, or it being related to the previous owner, and had investigated carefully, but there was no news.

He had also talked to Ji Weidong about this problem. He had tried to probe, but the phone company didn't find anything either.

He had many tricks up his sleeve, didn't leak the bottom to others, and just told Li Xuewu to use it as he pleased. Anyway, no one knew.

Li Xuewu suspected that the previous owner had somehow fixed the technical loopholes in the phone communication of this era, and had done some small tricks inside.

He didn't understand either. Anyway, the phone was working, and daily use was fine. He didn't use the phone for urgent official business or things that needed to be kept secret, so it didn't matter.

At this moment, he was whispering to Ji Weidong by the goldfish pond about the Steel City matter. Although he didn't know how Wen San'er would handle it, nor did he know exactly how many boundaries Zhang Wanhe had crossed, just like this, he was going to break one of Zhang Wanhe's legs.

Ji Weidong also had a preliminary understanding of Li Xuewu's layout in the Northeast. He didn't expect Li Xuewu to hide so deeply.

In fact, the reason he noticed the abnormality of the fleet was because the Investigation Department often went to the Steel City. Li Xuewu trusted Wen San'er, but the Investigation Department didn't.

This was also why Li Xuewu didn't pay too much attention to the fleet.

The lifeblood of the people on the ships was all held in his hands, and the fuel and supplies were all controlled by Wen San'er according to the plan. Where could the fleet run to?

Now that Li Xuewu was anxious, Wen San'er would make the identities of the people on the ships more complex. Asking Li Xuewu for people meant exactly this.

Mixing sand crazily, implementing a rotation system, implementing a ship-transfer system, there would always be people who weren't from the same small group on a ship, which was safer.

Now it was just the creation of the fleet. Once the training was almost done, Li Xuewu would let Wen San'er implement an elimination system. Mixing sand was light; he dared to replace it all with sand.

From all over the country, weren't crew members easy to find? There were plenty of sailors in Jinmen.

The key was to wait for the wind to pass and wait for the fleet to develop to a certain scale, at least to hide what couldn't be seen now.

Eat rice bite by bite, do things bit by bit. With the Investigation Department helping him keep an eye on the fleet, what else did Li Xuewu have to worry about?

Importantly, what Li Xuewu told Ji Weidong was that every ship, every time it went to sea, needed someone from the Investigation Department to follow, no matter where it went.

This made Ji Weidong look at Li Xuewu in a new light. He really didn't expect Li Xuewu to have this courage.

Daring to let the Investigation Department board the ship meant Li Xuewu wasn't afraid of the Investigation Department knowing what was loaded on his ship, nor was he afraid of the Investigation Department knowing where his ships had been.

The sea is vast and boundless; who knows where the ships have been? Aren't there many places that can be manipulated?

But it was just that Li Xuewu suddenly had this suggestion, making Ji Weidong feel that Li Xuewu had other purposes.

Ji Weidong's intuition told him that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and it was impossible for Li Xuewu to provide him with a free lunch.

This was just what he was thinking in his heart; otherwise, Li Xuewu would definitely ask him, was the meal he just fed to the dog?

The development of the Steel City fleet was far from reaching Ji Weidong's expectations, but this wasn't the fleet's business; it was a matter of time.

He was thinking that the fleet could go to sea now, but Li Xuewu didn't dare to scatter a fleet that wasn't well-controlled.

Ji Weidong looked at the results, while Li Xuewu looked at stability and the long term.

However, his side didn't have a definite answer because of the change in the situation, so he wasn't in a hurry to urge Li Xuewu, just reminding Li Xuewu that the construction of the fleet must be ahead of the port side.

Li Xuewu felt there was no problem. Twenty-seven ships, three could already go out. This wasn't a sequence problem of one plus one, but a geometric problem.

Three today, maybe ten the day after tomorrow. Even if they were broken up and reorganized, or sand was mixed in, they could take shape before October.

Half a year. If you couldn't bring out newcomers with old crew members, then Zhang Wanhe could only go home and hold his children.

Li Xuewu wasn't lacking in leaders here. Just look at those little cubs who went from Jingcheng; they definitely wouldn't be honest.

Wen San'er's words also reminded Li Xuewu that it was time to prepare for the Jingcheng side.

Ji Weidong raked the water flow of the dragon spitting water with his hand, looked at Li Xuewu sideways, and asked: "Tell me clearly, why do you insist on letting our people follow the ship?"

"Isn't this good?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "There are still many places on the fleet side. It's just right to build a base with the Steel City side. Don't your leaders have this idea?"

"Can't say it like that~"

Ji Weidong twitched his mouth, narrowed his eyes, looked at Li Xuewu, and shook his chin, saying: "But he advised me to let you do this. Since you took the initiative to say it yourself, I feel it's not quite right."

"Hehe, your occupational disease is acting up, right? You don't even trust me?"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Isn't this based on the principle of win-win cooperation and mutual help? This is public."

"If we talk about private, we are all brothers. I wouldn't make things difficult for you."

"Du~~ stop it!"

Ji Weidong curled his lips and said: "If you hadn't said these things, I might have believed you. After saying this, I completely don't believe you."

"Speak~"

Ji Weidong raised his hand and flicked the water on his hand at Li Xuewu, saying: "Tell me your conspiracy, and strive for lenient treatment."

"I think you are measuring a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart."

Li Xuewu patted Ji Weidong's hand away, raised his eyebrows, and said: "I kindly gave you a step, letting you set up a base at the Steel City wharf, and you slander me. You have no conscience."

"Fart!"

Ji Weidong rolled his eyes and asked: "If I say we want to set up an office at the Steel City wharf, do you think we have to help you do something?"

"That... who knows."

Li Xuewu raised his head, looked at Ji Weidong, and said: "You say if the relationship is handled well, like us, isn't it very normal to help with small things usually?"

"Heh~ small things~"

Ji Weidong sneered: "Then let our people follow the ship, and load something 'cough cough' on the ship, is that also a small thing?"

"I don't know much about this."

Li Xuewu shook his head seriously and said: "You also saw it, I'm not responsible for the operation of the fleet."

"But I thought."

Li Xuewu said again: "If it's based on the principle of mutual benefit, everyone is on the same boat, peace and safety is a blessing, right?"

"Good for you, Li Xuewu, I didn't expect it!"

Ji Weidong pointed at Li Xuewu and said through gritted teeth: "I didn't expect you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to have so many bad intentions!"

"Then, I can't have this kind, but you can have it~"

Li Xuewu's mouth never let anyone off, pointed at the goldfish in the goldfish pond, and said: "Move your hand away, be careful not to dirty my fish pond."

"Hey! You are really a crow landing on a pig, not seeing yourself black."

Ji Weidong winked at Li Xuewu and asked in a low voice: "You wouldn't be crazy enough to load heavy weapons on the ship, would you?"

"Look at what you're saying."

Li Xuewu reached out and put it on Ji Weidong's shoulder, saying: "The goods and people on the ship are not important, but the comrades of the Investigation Department are important. They must be protected."

"Fine, I know what's going on."

Ji Weidong pointed at Li Xuewu and curled his lips, saying: "Our leader is also a stupid camel. He fell into your pit and is still helping you find a way out."

"Is that so?"

Li Xuewu raised his voice, narrowed his eyes, looked at Ji Weidong, and asked: "Are you sure your leader doesn't know? Or is it just you who doesn't know?"

"..."

Ji Weidong looked at Li Xuewu blankly, opened his mouth, and then asked: "You mean... our leader intentionally... so... you all know?"

"Unhuh~"

Li Xuewu withdrew his hand, patted Ji Weidong's shoulder lightly, and said: "I thought you knew long ago."

This sentence didn't do much damage, but the insult was extremely strong. Ji Weidong just felt he was a show-off.

Too embarrassing!

"So I've been going around in circles with you, and you knew it all?"

Ji Weidong looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly, reached out and grabbed Li Xuewu's arm, and said: "You were just calling me brother just now."

"Yes, but you didn't believe me."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "So you are still too simple. Now I believe you haven't been in a relationship."

"Crack!"

This sentence was just like the previous one, like a bolt of lightning, striking directly on Ji Weidong's forehead.

Just say there's no free lunch. Now Ji Weidong wanted to vomit the three big steamed buns he ate at night to Li Xuewu. This loss was huge.

"I kind of want to go home."

Ji Weidong waved his hand lifelessly and said: "I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Who's stopping you~"

Li Xuewu stood there with his arms crossed, looking indifferent, as if waiting for Ji Weidong to say goodbye himself.

Ji Weidong wanted to move his hand to strangle Li Xuewu, but the old lady was still in the house, so it wasn't easy to make a move.

"You owe me a favor for this!"

"I owe you a fart."

Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "Is this the damn way your Investigation Department does things? Messing around, isn't it?"

"I'm just messing around!"

Ji Weidong said, unable to win against Li Xuewu, and started playing the rogue, pointing at the faucet and saying: "I was the one who helped you clear this thing! Believe it or not, I'll block it for you!"

Li Xuewu looked at this stinky rogue and had no choice, nodding: "Then you provide the stuff on every ship. I don't care about the size. If the ship capsizes, it's on you."

"You really have the heart of a capitalist!"

Ji Weidong pointed at Li Xuewu and said: "It's harder to get something out of you than to take your life."

After finishing, he rolled his eyes and asked: "What about the Wufeng Bank matter? Did you take advantage?"

"No~"

Li Xuewu's mouth sank slightly and said: "Just came to see. People were all gone, didn't leave a fart."

"Not right~~~"

Ji Weidong looked at Li Xuewu sideways and said: "How come I heard there was a foreign woman in their delegation? Didn't you get to know her?"

"Heh~"

Li Xuewu knew this grandson was fishing with him again. He must have known something.

"Hey! Speak up~"

Ji Weidong was a bit anxious, pulled Li Xuewu's arm, and asked: "What exactly happened with that blonde big wave? Didn't a romantic story happen?"

"You think I'm you? I'm a serious person."

Li Xuewu looked at Ji Weidong with contempt and said: "I only met her twice when I met Ai Jiaqing. An ordinary person, where did you get that golden big wave?"

"Nonsense! ~"

Ji Weidong pointed at Li Xuewu, then looked at the room guardedly, and said to Li Xuewu in a low voice: "I saw it all. You were eating with her at the Xinqiao Hotel, and you even drank Maotai!"

"Was it you!"

Ji Weidong looked at Li Xuewu playfully, as if he had caught him, and said: "Still pretending to be pure with me, you are the worst one."

"Did that happen?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "How come I don't remember? I haven't been to the Xinqiao Hotel."

"Pretend! Keep pretending with me!"

Ji Weidong stared with big eyes, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "Remember the French woman I told you about just now? We were having dinner with her that day, and I saw you."

"Don't even think about denying it. I even saw your secretary and driver eating downstairs."

Ji Weidong looked Li Xuewu up and down, patted Li Xuewu's shoulder, and said: "Not bad, Comrade Li Xuewu, you're more at the forefront than your brother, starting to get internationalized."

"Not very clear. Maybe you remembered wrong, maybe I remembered wrong."

Li Xuewu looked like he couldn't remember, raised his eyebrows, and said: "My travel records are all in the division. I'll ask Han Yating later. She might know if I went to the Xinqiao Hotel or met a French woman~"

"Damn! ~~~"

Ji Weidong knew Li Xuewu was very dog-like in doing things, but he didn't expect Li Xuewu to be so inhuman!

"Fine, you haven't been to the Xinqiao Hotel, and I haven't been either. Let's call it even."

Ji Weidong pointed at Li Xuewu and muttered: "I shouldn't have mentioned this. I should have waited for those two women from Wufeng Bank to find you before catching you in the act."

Li Xuewu didn't care about Ji Weidong's threat and nodded, asking: "Any news about Wufeng Bank? Why did they run so fast?"

"This is already slow enough."

Ji Weidong raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "She originally had an inspection task, but she didn't even go. She arranged the itinerary hastily and returned to Hong Kong. Very cunning."

After finishing, he touched Li Xuewu's chest lightly and said: "But you don't have to worry. Playing with her with your heart is more than enough."

Li Xuewu looked at Ji Weidong with dangling eyes, not knowing if this grandson was mocking him or praising him.

"Anything else? If not, get lost."

"You really call people."

Ji Weidong stared, reached out, and said: "Lend me some money, I'll pay you back later."

"Borrowing money and still so arrogant?"

Li Xuewu looked at Ji Weidong and asked: "Serious? Are you here to talk about things today, or to borrow money?"

"Both, both."

Ji Weidong waved his hand and said: "There are many things recently. Just treating guests to dinner has cost several hundred. No money in my pocket, support me a bit."

Li Xuewu looked at him sideways and asked: "So tight? Don't you still have to get married? What about the wedding money?"

"Isn't that what I'm borrowing from you for?"

Ji Weidong said righteously: "If you lend me money, won't I have money to get married?"

"Hey! You are really reasonable!"

Li Xuewu took the handbag from the cabinet at the entrance, took out money while asking: "How much to borrow?"

Ji Weidong saw Li Xuewu counting money, curled his lips, and said: "Five hundred, should be enough."

"You damn well marrying a fairy!"

Li Xuewu looked up at Ji Weidong and said: "Stop talking nonsense with me, how much exactly are you borrowing!"

Ji Weidong twitched his mouth and said: "If you say so, it's fine. She's about the same as a fairy in my heart."

"Eww~~ so damn disgusting!"

Li Xuewu was truly convinced by this guy. He dug around in his bag, didn't have that much, told Ji Weidong to wait, and went upstairs himself.

On the second floor, Gu Ning was holding Li Shu and drawing on the large desk. Seeing Li Xuewu come up, she asked: "Did Big Brother leave?"

"No, waiting for me to get money."

Li Xuewu curled his lips helplessly and said: "Said he had no money for the wedding, so he's taking some from me."

After finishing, he walked from the small living room into the cloakroom, dismantled the secret compartment inside, and started counting money.

Gu Ning didn't know Li Xuewu hid money in the cloakroom. At this moment, she supported Li Shu and stood by the desk, asking: "How much? I have some there too."

"Said he wanted to borrow five hundred. This ancestor doesn't know what he's spending it on."

Li Xuewu was muttering, but his hand counting the money wasn't slow.

Gu Ning was also startled and asked: "Need that much?"

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu counted the money, found a newspaper on the desk to wrap it, and explained: "He's leaving. The relationships here need to be maintained. Who knows how many guests he's treated and how many return gifts he's sent. It must not be enough."

"Oh."

Gu Ning didn't feel bad about the money, just didn't know why Ji Weidong borrowed so much at once.

If you talk about it, Ji Weidong himself has a salary, a section chief, how could he not save some?

Furthermore, Ji Weidong's parents are both big cadres, and they are outside, so they shouldn't be short of money.

Li Xuewu didn't investigate what he was using the money for. Anyway, it wouldn't go to waste.

Besides, even if it did, he wouldn't feel bad. The things Ji Weidong did for him were worth more than these five hundred yuan.

After wrapping the money, Li Xuewu carried it downstairs.

The sentence he just explained to Gu Ning was also a habit. If he didn't say the reason, Gu Ning wouldn't care either.

Unlike the wives of average families, who treat using a bit of money like using their lives.

Downstairs, seeing Ji Weidong teasing the fish by the goldfish pond, he handed the money to him and exhorted: "Tell me when you leave, I'll see you off."

"Nonsense~"

Ji Weidong took the money, didn't open the newspaper to look, tucked it under his arm, waved at Li Xuewu, and said: "Brother hates parting scenes the most. Don't even think about seeing me make a fool of myself."

While talking, he had already walked into the courtyard, stuffed the money into the bag next to the motorcycle, smiled at Qin Jingru who opened the gate for him, turned the motorcycle, kicked it, and left.

Li Xuewu really couldn't handle this guy. Han Yating had cried once, don't know what it meant, and now he was preparing to get married.

If you say he's a romantic wanderer, he's damn dedicated. But if you say he's a dedicated good man, he's playing with foreign women.

On the morning of the 4th, Li Xuewu was listening to the radio while eating breakfast.

He also heard the situation Li Xue told him yesterday from the radio.

Under the presiding of relevant leaders, it was decided to send working groups to all major and middle schools in the city to lead the great study and great discussion activities of each unit.

This could also be considered a sign. Li Xuewu knew that from today, things had basically entered the second stage.

These working groups were similar to the working group at the Rolling Mill, all coming down with instructions.

Distinguish between internal and external, pay attention to confidentiality, do not take to the streets... and so on.

Li Xuewu listened very carefully and thought a lot. The atmosphere at the dining table was very calm. Li Shu didn't make a fuss, letting the old lady feed her milk and eggs.

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu, also listened carefully to the news on the radio, and ate silently.

Li Xuewu thought about the future. The development of this matter to the present, there were still some people trying hard to control the chaotic situation within a certain range.

But Li Xuewu, who knew the final result, still felt admiration for the efforts of these people now.

At least they were trying to control the situation so that the situation wouldn't slide into an unpredictable abyss.

Li Xuewu also felt fortunate because of the efforts of these people.

But the subsequent news broadcast shattered this good fortune into pieces.

"According to 'Big Newspaper' news: June 4th... reorganization... decision, at the same time published the decision regarding..., reorganized Jingda..."

The broadcast on the radio was intermittent. It wasn't that the radio had a malfunction, but Li Xuewu's nerves were jumping, affecting his hearing.

But this only affected his brain nerves; in fact, he heard this news completely.

The broadcast on the radio was still continuing, but everyone at the dining table had stopped the chopsticks in their hands.

Li Shu looked at Grandma uncomprehendingly, then looked at everyone. What happened?

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu with a face full of shock, while the old lady, like Li Shu, was also full of incomprehension.

Only Qin Jingru didn't understand but felt it was powerful. She was scared only after seeing Gu Ning and Li Xuewu change their expressions. At this moment, she also followed everyone and looked at Li Xuewu in the main seat.

Li Xuewu took a deep breath, then put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said softly: "The sky has changed."

The... the sky has changed?

Qin Jingru looked out the window uncomprehendingly. It was a sunny day, where did it change?

The old lady sighed, looked at Li Shu who was grabbing her with her little hands, and continued to feed her.

Li Shu wasn't worried. Seeing Grandma start feeding her again, her happy little legs continued to dangle.

Gu Ning also put down the chopsticks in her hand, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "Family...?"

"Nothing, irrelevant."

Li Xuewu nodded at Gu Ning and said: "I'm worried about Godfather. He should be more affected."

After finishing, seeing the old lady look over, he added: "He's used to being low-key and never competes with anyone. If he suffers grievances at this time, it's really a pity."

"Look at it openly. People have their own fates."

The old lady's thoughts were more open than Li Xuewu's, but her face was a bit heavy, muttering: "If he doesn't compete for anything, who can do anything to him? I think he's a smart person."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Curved is complete, crooked is straight; hollow is full, worn is new; little is gained, much is confused, so the sage embraces the one as the model for the world."

"Not self-seeing, so bright; not self-right, so manifest; not self-boasting, so has merit; not self-proud, so long-lasting."

"Only because he does not compete, so no one in the world can compete with him."

"The so-called 'curved is complete' of the ancients, how could it be empty words?"

Hearing Li Xuewu recite a large paragraph like reciting a book, Qin Jingru twitched her mouth. She didn't understand a single word.

But she knew that the atmosphere at the table had dissipated a lot, and she could continue to eat.

Picking up a steamed bun and looking at the porridge bowl in front of her, Qin Jingru also felt it was strange and meaningless.

She only felt that Li Xuewu wasn't far from her before. The Li family lived in the front courtyard, and her sister's family lived in the middle courtyard. Who could say this wasn't fate?

But gradually she discovered that Li Xuewu's eyes didn't look at her at all.

Of course, this was related to a series of things she had done, but she had also observed that Li Xuewu was like that with everyone.

Looking at him smiling, he was actually not very gregarious. At nineteen, he should be hanging out with the young people on the street, but he only played his own way.

She and her sister had gone to Li Xuewu's place to bathe before, it was in winter then, and had seen Li Xuewu's desk.

At that time, she felt Li Xuewu only had a high school education, yet he had such a large desk, displaying so many books, pretending to have knowledge.

Until later, Li Xuewu made rapid progress, and she learned from her sister's mouth how amazing Li Xuewu was, only then did she know what the gap meant.

Looking at it now, Qin Jingru felt that Gu Ning wasn't amazing either. Isn't she just a city person with a job?

But the matter just now was a blow to her. She didn't hear a word of the news on the radio, but Gu Ning and Li Xuewu understood it.

Furthermore, she didn't even understand what was being said in the radio, and Li Xuewu said a lot of things that sounded reasonable, but she still didn't understand.

Don't understand this, don't understand that. How is this different from being deaf?

The longer she lived in the city, the more clearly she could feel the gap between city people and rural people—a world of difference.

Li Xuewu didn't notice her strangeness. Following the old lady's words, he also thought a lot. This passage of the Tao Te Ching might be the practice that Godfather Zheng Shusen carried out throughout his life.

After breakfast, Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard smoking a cigarette, looking at the vegetables in the garden in a daze.

It was when Gu Ning was going to work that she saw Li Xuewu in this state and comforted him softly: "If you feel tired, take a rest, or make an appointment with Huang Gan and the others to go out and sit."

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Gu Ning, then saw her full of worry, couldn't help but smile, and said: "Huang Gan and the others don't have good ways. Like Ji Weidong, they just think about pulling me to see foreign women. I won't talk nonsense with them."

Gu Ning twitched her mouth, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "If they pull you, just go. Maybe you can see a golden big wave."

"Hey! It's all Ji Weidong talking nonsense."

Li Xuewu saw Gu Ning leave after finishing, and hurriedly explained.

But now looking at Gu Ning leaving the gate, he knew that Ji Weidong's nonsense last night had been heard by Gu Ning upstairs.

"This bastard, borrowing my money and causing trouble for me."

Li Xuewu's mood for reflection was gone. He smoked a few puffs, stubbed out the cigarette, threw it into the trash can, and strode toward the office area.

Because of the arrival of the working group, Deputy Division Chief Li's lunch tea was temporarily suspended.

It was also because Li Xuewu didn't want to join in the fun anymore. When there were many people, he couldn't say anything, just talking nonsense.

If a few female comrades came, it would be fine. All were old men, what was there to chat about?

If you talk about it, there were really few female comrades among the section-level and deputy section-level cadres in the Rolling Mill. It wasn't like the textile factory; there were just many male comrades in this factory.

Li Xuewu walked through the main road with his hands in his pockets. When passing the broadcasting station, he even saw Yu Haitang.

Yu Haitang also saw him, but stopped when she saw him, staring at him for a long time.

Li Xuewu didn't pay much attention either. There were quite a few people in the Rolling Mill who took him as an idol. He had become a cadre and felt like a star.

Yu Haitang also waited for Li Xuewu to leave before moving her feet, but her steps were a bit weak.

It wasn't that she was afraid of Li Xuewu, but seeing him still inevitably brought some awkward emotions.

Furthermore, thinking of Li Xuewu would remind her of the beating she suffered earlier. After being beaten awake, she understood how shameless the things she did to Li Xuewu at the beginning were.

She had been much quieter now, but the factory just issued a notice, asking activists and young people to go to meetings to study.

Li Xuewu returned to the office and learned this news. The deputy division chief in the working group was in charge of this and was organizing study meetings for young cadres and cadres in the Rolling Mill.

After Yu Decai finished speaking, Li Xuewu looked at the opposite side playfully.

If you talk about this matter, it's really interesting. Others don't know, but Li Xuewu is clear that Yang Fengshan is most afraid of small groups and small actions below.

Yang Yuansong also doesn't approve of this organizational form. If you want to study and discuss, every unit has study meetings. Isn't that enough?

Li Xuewu doesn't know if Yang Fengshan has a feeling of lifting a rock and hitting his own foot now.

In the afternoon, a call came from the Steel City. Dong Wenxue must have heard something and called specifically to inquire about the work of the Security Division.

Li Xuewu had told Dong Wenxue that some topics that needed to be kept secret couldn't be discussed on the phone. He had done phone monitoring himself.

So the topic Dong Wenxue talked about on the phone was also very cautious.

He focused on inquiring about the progress of the Security Division's current main work. Li Xuewu mixed the situation at the Rolling Mill into the work report when answering and told Dong Wenxue.

Dong Wenxue also used the form of work communication to tell him about the situation at the Steel Mill.

Looking at the situation, the main wind direction now is still in Jingcheng. Although the Steel City is full of wind and cranes, the general situation is good.

Li Xuewu also suggested that Dong Wenxue communicate more with relevant comrades, try to control the situation, and it's best to find a breakthrough so that certain problems won't affect the overall situation.

Don't know if Dong Wenxue understood what certain problems Li Xuewu's words referred to.

From the phone, Li Xuewu could hear the pressure in the teacher's heart, and even more understand his helplessness as the top leader of the branch factory.

Being both secretary and factory director is glory, and also responsibility.

Not only to get rid of the pressure of being the only one to speak, but also to carry the heavy responsibility of the main leader.

To tell the truth, Li Xuewu also understands that teacher Dong Wenxue is more suitable for working in the general factory organ. With his soft personality, he relies too much on the opinions of others in many decision-making deployments.

It was Li Xuewu who gave him suggestions many times, and he carried out the transformation work of the Steel Mill according to Li Xuewu's suggestions.

And he himself has no problems in management work, but has no achievements in the direction of innovation and development.

Conservative personality is a single behavior in the workplace, with advantages and fatal disadvantages.

Organ units will never have enough positions for you to be promoted. Eventually, you have to have the experience of being a main leader.

Teacher and student talked about work for a while, and then talked about family.

Li Xuewu only said that he had visited the teacher's house recently, and the teacher's wife and children were fine.

He only said this. The specific situation of the teacher's wife must be contacted by phone, and Dong Wenxue just wanted to confirm that everything was fine at home through Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu also pointed out the teacher at the end of the call, the words the teacher's wife asked when he came out of the teacher's house.

Of course, these words couldn't be said directly. He had to say the teacher's wife cared about him, asked about the Steel City when he went out, and asked the teacher to call home more often.

Dong Wenxue paused after hearing this sentence from Li Xuewu, said okay, and ended the call.

Li Xuewu could only do so much. What should be pointed out had been pointed out, and what should be said had been said.

Because the time was short, Yu Decai didn't receive news about Wang Shumin. Clearly, she had calmed down a lot.

Li Xuewu was also worried for the teacher. With such a temperament, playing with red sleeves adding fragrance, isn't this asking for trouble?

After putting down Dong Wenxue's phone, he actually wanted to call Godfather, but in such a period, it was ultimately not very convenient.

Not to mention whether the matter had developed to the district level, the district was also in a storm of change, and Godfather was the kind who hid if he could, and didn't compete for anything.

Looking at the newspaper, Li Xuewu didn't find anything unusual, but was a bit dizzy from the dazzling speeches of all parties above.

In the afternoon, there were meetings of the Security Division, and Li Xuewu let Yu Decai attend them on his behalf.

The situation of attending meetings on behalf of others wasn't strange for Li Xuewu, because everyone knew he held two positions and had many duties.

And it was a department with strong timeliness like the Security Division and the branch bureau. No one in the Rolling Mill would pick on him for this.

And the working group that had just arrived had received Yu Decai's active explanation and communication before the meeting, so naturally, no one cared whether he went to the meeting or not.

Dealing with the documents on the desk, Li Xuewu also received a call from Huang Gan, inviting him to watch a national dance performance.

"Are you bored to death?!"

Li Xuewu stuck the phone to his ear and said angrily to Huang Gan on the other end: "Or are you doing it on purpose, seeing me busy with my feet hitting the back of my head, and using your leisure to annoy me~"