Chapter 691: Straddling Two Boats

As soon as Li Xuewu entered the hanging flower gate, he saw that they were still holding a "symposium" in the courtyard, each holding a cattail fan and chatting idly.

The Sihe Academy had such a convenience: there were many neighbors and many residents. A whole courtyard of people gathered in the front courtyard in the evening to chat and enjoy the cool, which was very lively.

There was a reason for choosing the front courtyard: the distance to the main gate was the most appropriate here. It wasn't as cramped as the outer courtyard, nor as far as the middle and back courtyards. If you drank too much hot water, you would have to pee more, and it was convenient to go to the toilet.

Furthermore, there were busybodies and people who liked to gather others in the front courtyard, so there were more people talking here.

The Third Master was the most talkative and also liked to sponge off other people's tea water in the evening, so he also started chatting after dinner.

Because he was an elementary school teacher and had a large family, his whole family sitting here was a scene, so the people in the courtyard were also willing to sit and chat in the front courtyard.

At this moment, Yan Fugui saw Liu Yin bringing Li Xue back, with Li Xuewu following behind. It looked like Li Xuewu had sent her back.

Yan Fugui was a gossip. Seeing Li Xuewu at this moment, he greeted him: "This... did you take Li Xue out to play?"

He had observed for the past few days that Li Xue always left with Qin Huairu in the morning and came back with Qin Huairu in the evening. He asked Qin Huairu, but she didn't tell him, which made him feel itchy in his heart.

Yan Fugui was staring at Li Xue, just wanting to see if the Li Xuewu family would arrange work for Li Xue, so he could take advantage of the situation to arrange for his own children.

He had an idea: as long as Li Xue was arranged, he would go and open his mouth to Li Xuewu. Li Xuewu wouldn't refuse him no matter what, and with a little bit of effort, it would be arranged.

Li Xuewu knew his thoughts well. Following his words, he smiled and said: "I took her out to relax. There are many places to play around Tuanjie Lake at the Steel Mill guesthouse, and there is a small garden. She has been staying there these days."

Li Xue was walking in front. When she heard the Third Master ask, her eyebrows moved slightly. Then, hearing her second brother's explanation behind her, she greeted the elders in the courtyard who were looking over.

Calling this one grandfather, that one uncle, she greeted them all and followed her mother back into the room.

Li Xuewu, however, stopped at the entrance and said with a smile: "I agreed with Qin Huairu to take her out for a stroll. I brought her home for a meal today because the old lady missed her."

"It is indeed time to relax."

The First Master was also there today. He fanned his cattail fan and said: "It's a pity about Xiao Xue's grades. Who knows what it will be like in half a year."

Yan Fugui looked at Li Xuewu. Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, he felt a drum in his heart. Could it be a misunderstanding?

To say that Li Xue was depressed because of the college entrance exam and was arranged by Li Xuewu to play at the Steel Mill guesthouse made sense. He knew the scenery at the Steel Mill guesthouse was good.

Hearing what the First Master said at this moment, Yan Fugui also nodded and smiled: "Hi, they are all on the same starting line. Once the children are let loose, they are all let loose. How many study on their own?"

After saying this, he asked Li Xuewu again: "Has your mill issued holiday benefits?"

As he spoke, he gestured toward the middle courtyard and asked: "I saw Qin Huairu bringing back a large box of fruit, and Wang Laoqi also brought two melons."

Qin Huairu's bicycle was parked in the Bai Bai Xiyuan every night, so the fruit was naturally brought back, which he had seen.

It was also because the Yan family lived in a good location, guarding the screen door, so they couldn't escape his eyes when coming in and out.

Li Xuewu scratched his face and asked: "Really? Is there such a thing? How come I don't know?"

After finishing, he looked blankly at the Third Master and said: "I've been busy with the mid-year meeting these past few days and haven't heard any news. Why don't you tell me?"

The Third Master turned his head with amusement and looked at the First Master. He was truly convinced by Li Xuewu.

The First Master shook his fan and said: "I heard it in the workshop. They said the frontier fruit shipment has arrived, and it can be purchased at the mill's service department starting this afternoon."

After finishing, he explained to the Third Master: "This is work jointly organized by the Logistics Division, the Dispatch Division, and the Sales Division. It has nothing to do with the Security Division."

The implication was that it was normal for Li Xuewu, who worked in the Security Division, not to know about this.

As a section chief, how much work did he have in his hands? And it was something that happened today. The First Master felt it was very normal.

Yan Fugui didn't think so. He asked Li Xuewu this for a reason, because he saw Old Biaozi also carrying a fruit box to send to the Li family.

It was normal for Li Xuewu not to know about Qin Huairu bringing it back, and normal not to know about Wang Laoqi bringing it back. But to say that Old Biaozi brought it back and Li Xuewu didn't know—was that possible?

Yan Fugui smiled and gestured toward the Li family's direction, saying to Li Xuewu: "Biaozi also sent some to your house."

"Is that so~"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Maybe. He doesn't tell me when he has things to do now. He's floating; I can't control him anymore~"

After finishing, he gestured toward the Daozuofang direction and said: "I have to make an appointment to talk to him now, otherwise he might run off somewhere, and I can never see him."

Yan Fugui twitched the corners of his mouth, cursing in his heart. Why was it so hard to take advantage of Li Xuewu?

Asking about Qin Huairu and Wang Laoqi's fruit was just to ask Li Xuewu if he could buy cheap fruit.

Asking about the Li family was to imply that since your family has it, can you share some?

Mentioning Old Biaozi was just to provoke Li Xuewu, to see if he would be unable to save face because of his status as a section chief.

He didn't expect Li Xuewu to "sell out" his own brother just to prevent him from taking advantage.

The implication of Li Xuewu's words just now was that Old Biaozi sending it was his own business, unrelated to him, and that his own words didn't carry much weight, so if you want it, go talk to him yourself.

Yan Fugui wanted to talk, but he was exactly as Li Xuewu said just now: he couldn't find the guy's shadow, and his words didn't carry any weight!

Old Biaozi was truly floating~

At least he was floating toward him, unlike before when he called him Third Master long and Third Master short.

He didn't think about how Old Biaozi felt bad before, as if he had shortchanged him. Now that he didn't go anymore, could he still care about him?

Yan Fugui still wanted to say more, but at this moment he saw Qin Huairu bringing Banggeng over aggressively from the third gate.

"Xuewu is here too."

Qin Huairu greeted Li Xuewu, then looked toward the Third Master's door. He didn't know when Yan Jiefang had disappeared.

Disappearing so quickly, he probably crawled into the house, right?

Yan Fugui saw Qin Huairu bringing the child over and thought something had happened, so he said: "I was just talking about you. I wanted to ask where you bought that fruit. I was just thinking of buying some; it looks so good."

"Buy what? Exchange it~"

Qin Huairu held Banggeng's hand, looked at the Third Master with a half-smile, and said: "Steel Mill fruit, it's not sold to outsiders. If you want to buy some, you can exchange some with me."

"Oh my, that's great."

Yan Fugui was excited. This was exactly what he was thinking. Wasn't he just trying to get this by pestering Li Xuewu for so long?

"Look at what you need. We have sweet potatoes exchanged with Shili Pu; do you want them? Or anything else is fine."

"But we have to agree on this!"

Yan Fugui waved his hand cunningly: "The price must be the welfare price of your Steel Mill. I've already inquired about it. You wouldn't earn money from the Third Master, right?"

"I won't earn it~"

Qin Huairu's tone gradually rose. She looked at the Third Master and said: "Just follow the price set by the Steel Mill. I don't want your sweet potatoes, and I don't want anything else."

Yan Fugui felt Qin Huairu's words were wrong and asked suspiciously: "Then what do you want?"

"I want gunpowder!"

Qin Huairu stared fiercely at the Third Master and said: "Doesn't your family have a lot of firecracker powder? Exchange some with me. I want to see if I can blow up your whole family if I can't blow up Banggeng."

"Qin Huairu! What kind of madness are you spouting!"

The Third Master hadn't spoken yet, but the Third Mistress couldn't take it anymore. She hurriedly walked out of the crowd, pointed at Qin Huairu with her cattail fan, and scolded: "If you want to die, die somewhere else. Why are you cursing our family!"

Qin Huairu glanced at her and ignored her, staring at the Third Master and asking: "Are you exchanging or not?"

After finishing, she raised the bag in her hand and said to the Third Master: "If you don't exchange, what Yan Jiefang exchanged with Banggeng in here is enough. I'm just afraid it won't be enough to send your whole family away, leaving two to cry at the funeral."

"You! You're talking nonsense!"

The Third Mistress wanted to hit Qin Huairu with the cattail fan in her hand, but was pulled back by someone behind her.

She knew very well that she was no match for Qin Huairu; going up would just be asking for a beating.

Being pulled back at this moment, she had the ability to act tough, pointing at Qin Huairu and cursing loudly, even cursing her ancestors.

Jia Zhangshi had been holding a belly full of fire at home. She had listened to Qin Huairu's instructions not to go to the front courtyard, so she waited at home.

Hearing the movement in front, she ran out in small steps. Seeing the Third Mistress cursing, she jumped and retorted.

"You shameless thing! Your family has done something terrible, and you're still a teacher? What kind of bastards did you teach!"

Jia Zhangshi really followed Qin Huairu's instructions and didn't walk to the front courtyard, just stood at the third gate and pointed at the Yan family to curse.

She wasn't an ordinary person; she was a famous shrew in this alley, an old hag who had wandered the world.

Jia Zhangshi cursed beautifully, naming names and using dirty words, and could even add the cause and effect, making people applaud and feel moved after hearing it.

Now the courtyard was lively. How long had it been since they had seen such excitement, especially Qin Huairu going on a rampage?

Everyone looked at Qin Huairu staring dead at the Third Master, looking like she wanted to perish together, and knew she had gone ruthless.

It wasn't strange that Qin Huairu went ruthless. She was a widow, and Banggeng was her only hope. If the firecracker powder Yan Jiefang exchanged with Banggeng really blew up Banggeng, it would be cutting off the widow's lifeline. Would Qin Huairu not fight the Yan family to the death?

Qin Huairu saying she wanted to blow up the Yan family was angry talk, but it was also true. She had no hope left in life, so could she spare the Yan family?

Now the Third Mistress wasn't cursing anymore, because she took a moment to look and saw her son had disappeared, and yesterday Yan Jiefang had indeed boiled a few eggs and sent them to the eldest daughter-in-law.

She was still saying that her son had become promising, knew how to think about the family, and could even find scarce eggs.

But she didn't expect that things would break out tonight. Listening to Qin Huairu's words and Jia Zhangshi's cursing, it turned out that Yan Jiefang had used two jin of firecracker powder to exchange for Banggeng's four eggs, and even instigated Banggeng to go to the Steel Mill's Tuanjie Lake to blow up fish.

It was fortunate that this didn't happen; otherwise, it would have been a big deal. Even if Banggeng was fine, Yan Jiefang wouldn't be able to run away.

What does a ten-year-old child know? Wasn't it necessary to catch the person behind the scenes?

Yan Fugui was also stunned at this moment. Looking at Li Xuewu's deep gaze, he finally reacted. It turned out Li Xuewu came over to catch people.

Going to the Steel Mill to blow up fish—this wasn't blowing up fish; this was blowing up Li Xuewu!

"No... no... Qin Huairu..."

Yan Fugui's legs started to tremble at this moment. He forced himself to stand straight, looked at Qin Huairu, and asked: "Are you sure it was our Yan Jiefang who did this?"

Qin Huairu glanced at her mother-in-law. Jia Zhangshi was like a radio station's loudspeaker that had lost power—she stopped as soon as she was told to stop, all depending on Qin Huairu's expression.

She also saw that her daughter-in-law was fighting for her life and knew that Qin Huairu cared about Banggeng even more ruthlessly than she did. At this moment, she just watched her daughter-in-law speak.

Seeing the surroundings quiet down, Qin Huairu raised her head slightly, looked at Yan Fugui, and said: "The Security Division Chief of the Steel Mill is here, and Banggeng is here too. Wouldn't we know if we called your Yan Jiefang out to confront him?"

"He... he..."

Yan Fugui had also seen his son run into the house early on. At this moment, he looked at Qin Huairu with a wrinkled face, and at Li Xuewu, who wasn't speaking. He only felt his head start to throb again.

Qin Huairu knew Yan Fugui had a sick head, so she didn't aim at Yan Fugui from the beginning, just spoke reason fiercely.

Yan Fugui was also numb at this moment. He didn't dare to call his son out, afraid that if he came out, he would be taken away by Li Xuewu.

This kind of thing, and at such a time—if he was really taken away, this son would never come back.

Don't look at how many sons he had, don't look at how he didn't care for this son; this son was also raised by him, his own son. Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs.

"Qin Huairu... look, does this work?"

Yan Fugui forced himself to be calm, held onto the broken table beside him, and pleaded in a low voice: "Let's talk about anything privately. Third Master will handle it."

"Talk privately about what? There's nothing shameful here."

Qin Huairu exhaled and gestured toward the Yan family's entrance, saying: "Your family isn't all dead, right? Not even one person who can take charge? You gave birth to a girl, right? You don't dare to take responsibility for what you did yourself?"

"Yan Jiefang! If you have the guts, hide in the house for a lifetime!"

Qin Huairu shouted toward the inner room: "You'd better hide until the police come and can't find you!"

After finishing, she said to the Third Master again: "Don't bother Li Xuewu. He has to go back to the unit late at night. I'll take Banggeng to report the case to the neighborhood office tomorrow."

"Qin Huairu, you can't do this~"

This time it was the Third Mistress who rushed over. Without waiting for the Third Master to speak, she grabbed Qin Huairu's clothes and wailed: "If you do this, Jiefang will be finished. You can't harm him~"

Qin Huairu looked at the Third Mistress and asked: "Then why didn't you say anything when he harmed Banggeng?"

"We'll pay, we'll pay compensation!"

The Third Master walked over trembling and said repeatedly: "Qin Huairu, just name it. We'll all pay you, as long as you don't report the case, really~"

Qin Huairu shook off the Third Mistress's hand, let her fall to the ground, and said to the Third Master: "I said, you don't want fruit, I want your family's firecracker powder. If you don't give it to me, you can try."

"Good!"

Yan Fugui went ruthless at this moment. Seeing Qin Huairu say this, he turned around and walked into the house, grabbed a door bar at the entrance, and went to hit Yan Jiefang.

Seeing this, the Third Mistress ran over to pull him, refusing to let go no matter what. Yan Jiefang in the house was scared silly. His leg had just healed, and his father's appearance meant he was going to break his other leg again.

"Dad! Dad! I was wrong!"

Yan Jiefang hid from his father in the house, crying and howling: "I was really wrong. I'm your son; you can't hit me~"

"His father, hit me instead. Hit me, don't hit the child~"

Yan Jiefang was crying, and the Third Mistress was also crying. Yan Fugui held the door bar and glanced outside the door. Qin Huairu's gaze was as cold as ice.

He didn't know his son's leg had just healed? He didn't know that if this stick went down, his son would be lame?

He knew, but the debt collector outside was watching. What Qin Huairu wanted wasn't firecracker powder; it was his attitude toward this matter.

Qin Huairu had just said that whoever did it should take responsibility. It was obvious she was aiming for Yan Jiefang. If this leg wasn't broken, he would lose his life.

He was wondering why Li Xuewu came back today, why he didn't go straight home after entering the courtyard, and why Qin Huairu waited until this time to settle the score in the front courtyard—it was all a "coincidence."

Li Xuewu hadn't spoken the whole time, but his silence already represented his attitude.

Qin Huairu had just said she wouldn't bother Li Xuewu and was going to the office to report it.

That meant there was no possibility of discussion. If she went to the office, it would be handled according to the law.

The First Master couldn't stand it anymore. He looked at Li Xuewu, then at Qin Huairu, and said: "Huairu, this... we all live in the same courtyard. Look at this..."

"Yes, we all live in the same courtyard."

With the First Master speaking, others also stood up to persuade Qin Huairu.

Hearing the conversation outside, the Third Mistress held onto her old man tightly, crying hard, just waiting for Qin Huairu to say forget it.

But Qin Huairu just wouldn't say it. She stared at the house, raised the bag in her hand, and said: "We all live in the same courtyard. Why did you have to play tricks on Banggeng and want to blow up Banggeng? Why didn't you blow up the First Master? Why didn't you blow up Old Sun's child? Why..."

Qin Huairu named everyone who had just persuaded her, leaving these people speechless. Especially the First Master, who stood there pursing his lips, too ashamed to speak.

A widow is the easiest to bully, but also the hardest to bully. Bullying her is fine, but if you bully her son, you're asking for her life.

Now Qin Huairu was pulling her son and standing here demanding an explanation. Whoever dared to persuade her would have to give her an explanation.

The First Master finally understood why Li Xuewu stood there without saying a word. Seeing Qin Huairu going crazy, even the Security Division Chief didn't want to get involved.

"Let go of me!"

Yan Fugui was truly furious. He raised his leg, kicked his old lady away, carried the door bar, and entered the house, hitting Yan Jiefang, who was hiding in the bed, with one stick.

He had to take action. There were two ways to solve this matter. One was what he was doing now: spare the rod and spoil the child.

The other was to entrust a guarantor, find Qin Huairu, and give her money—solve it by giving her however much she wanted.

But he felt heartache hitting his son, and he felt even more heartache spending money.

Especially since this son was unpromising and kept causing trouble for him. When he was sick, he was still that unfilial look, which made him even more reluctant to spend money.

At first, he wanted to just put on a show, thinking how could the people in the courtyard not pull him back, or persuade Qin Huairu.

He never expected Qin Huairu's determination. She was determined to use Yan Jiefang to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, to re-establish her image in this courtyard so others wouldn't look down on their family again.

This was the first time Qin Huairu had drawn her sword after becoming a cadre, and it was a response to the initial cold mockery and later constant gossip from the people in the courtyard.

Everyone didn't expect Qin Huairu to respond so ruthlessly and directly, wanting to use a leg to re-establish her image in this courtyard.

Screams came from the Yan family's house, along with constant cursing and the sound of women crying.

The people in the front courtyard watched, looked, and listened, but no one dared to come forward and speak again.

And Ge Shuqin, who walked out of the house, looked at Qin Huairu deeply and stood at the door without moving.

Qin Huairu didn't pay her any mind. She didn't care who the eggs were fed to; that had nothing to do with her. She only wanted to find the one who harmed Banggeng.

I don't know when, but Li Xuewu's figure disappeared from the hanging flower gate.

And after Yan Jiefang let out an "Aowu" scream, Yan Fugui staggered out of the house carrying the door bar, only to find that Qin Huairu's family was long gone from the courtyard.

The First Master and the others also stood up one after another after he came out, preparing to return to their homes.

Everyone's faces were silent, silent like the dark clouds covering the moonlight.

But before they had taken two steps, they saw Yan Fugui, who was standing at the entrance, fall to the ground with a "clatter."

At this time, various sounds also came from the Yan family's house: the crying of the two little ones, the Third Mistress's screams, and Yan Jiefang's painful groans, making everyone look at each other in dismay.

In the end, the First Master opened his mouth and waved to the group of young people like Liu Guangtian, saying: "Quick! Quick, go save him!"

The young people were also driven by curiosity and all wanted to go in and see what happened to the Yan family. With the First Master directing, they all swarmed in.

Some helped the Third Master, some pulled the Third Mistress and the children away, and some went to look at Yan Jiefang, who was lying on his side on the ground roaring like a beast. The young men worked together, lifted the person, and walked out.

After the First Master finished arranging this, he had already arranged for someone to stop a flatbed cart on the street.

He was also flustered and forgot that there was a car in the Bai Bai Xiyuan. After arranging the Yan family on the flatbed cart and sending them to the hospital, he saw the gate of the Bai Bai Xiyuan.

But at this moment, the tossing was already done, so he didn't go to call Old Biaozi in the Daozuofang.

One reason was that Old Biaozi rode his bicycle away every day, so he wasn't here, and no one knew how to drive.

The other was Li Xuewu. He had just seen it, and didn't know when the person had left. He only knew the Li family's consistent family style: they didn't get involved in the courtyard's affairs.

Although the First Master was an eighth-level worker and the First Master of the courtyard, he still had some fear of the current Li Xuewu. This was caused by the gap in status, and it was also because he subconsciously didn't want to trouble Li Xuewu, which made him ignore the car in the Bai Bai Xiyuan unknowingly.

From the start of the argument to the sending away of the people, none of the Li family members appeared except for Li Xuewu at the beginning.

The Daozuofang was the same. Old Biaozi, who loved excitement so much, didn't seem to hear anything after such a long time.

This also had to do with the Yan family's popularity. During the time the Third Master was sick, people in the courtyard, whether they had a relationship or not, all went to see him, and more or less brought things.

But when it came to things happening to people in the courtyard, the Yan family returned the favor exactly as it was. No matter what you sent initially, as long as you had something happen, he would return the same thing.

Sometimes this kind of thing passed by being roughly the same, but you bought me canned food when I was sick, and you send canned food when my son gets married?

Knowing the Third Master could calculate, this was the first time they had seen such calculation.

So when something happened to their family, many people just stood and watched, and felt it was a loss to even lend a hand.

Everyone had just watched Yan Jiefang being carried out, and the Third Master was the same. This showed that Yan Jiefang had tricked Banggeng once, and Qin Huairu wanted half the lives of this grandfather and grandson.

In the past, everyone thought Qin Huairu was kind-hearted and liked to help people, but now they had seen her ruthless and decisive side.

Everyone was still discussing what happened tonight as they returned to their homes, discussing Yan Jiefang, discussing Qin Huairu, and discussing the Third Master.

This Third Master was truly ruthless; he really dared to hit his son's leg with such a thick stick.

They always saw fathers hitting sons, and they all said they would break their legs, but those were just words. This time they saw it for real.

The most ruthless thing was that after the Third Master finished hitting his son and came out, Qin Huairu was gone, so this stick was hit in vain.

Especially since he didn't get Qin Huairu's reply, nor did he confirm with Qin Huairu whether it was okay.

If this stick didn't break his son's leg today, would he have to hit him again tomorrow?

What was the standard for Qin Huairu to let go?

He was also having a narrow-minded attack and was anxious. Unable to accept this kind of pressure, he passed out all of a sudden.

Li Xuewu sat at home and saw the farce in the courtyard. Liu Yin clicked her tongue, but only watched without making any comments, and certainly didn't go out to do anything.

Li Xue was a bit nervous, but leaned against Zhao Yafang, only pursing her lips without speaking, her eyes occasionally sweeping over her second brother.

After the people in the courtyard dispersed, the Li family members were also silent for a long time before they started talking.

Liu Yin deliberately didn't talk about the affairs of the opposite door, but looked at her son and asked about Li Xue's work arrangement.

Li Xue had said it once before, but it was all just the important parts. At this moment, Li Xuewu explained it.

Because there was a human relationship involved, Li Xuewu didn't explain it too thoroughly to his mother, just told her the process.

Liu Yin was just using this topic to ease the mood of seeing the commotion in the courtyard just now, and by the way, to understand her daughter's arrangement.

Hearing Li Xuewu say that Li Xue was arranged in the mill office and that someone was looking after her, she felt relieved.

She gestured to the cut fruit on the table and asked Li Xuewu: "Biaozi brought it back in the evening, and he said you knew."

"Hmm, it was issued by our mill."

Li Xuewu nodded, looked at his mother and sister-in-law, and asked: "Is it sweet? We ate fruit after dinner at home, the old lady complained it was too sweet, but Li Shu loves it."

"Yuxiu also loves it."

Liu Yin looked at her third daughter-in-law and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law also thinks it's okay, but I think it's cloying; it's too sweet."

As she spoke, she gestured to the watermelon and said: "It's much sweeter than the one I bought a few days ago. It really is a precious thing."

"It's just that the road is long, making it seem precious. In fact, it's cheaper than the watermelons in Beijing."

Li Xuewu explained with a smile, then gestured to Ji Yuxiu and said: "Don't worry about your brother. I saw Han Yating take a lot back when I got off work in the evening."

"Hehe, I don't care about him~"

Ji Yuxiu said with a smile: "He doesn't care about me now; he only thinks about his sister-in-law."

"You really know how to talk. There's still a pair of sisters-in-law sitting in this room~"

Li Xuewu deliberately looked at Li Xue and Zhao Yafang to "sow discord," which made Zhao Yafang threaten Li Xuewu, and then they all laughed.

The atmosphere in the room became active, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

Zhao Yafang talked to Li Xuewu about her eldest brother Xuewen. She went to handle the procedures for her eldest brother, went to the First Prison, and also went to Huaqing.

"Your eldest brother's job transfer procedures have been handled. How did you arrange Teacher Wu? She is still living in the First Prison."

As she spoke, she glanced at Li Xuewu and said: "She is pregnant, and it's not a solution to keep going like this."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Huang Gan made an appointment with me, but I've been busy and haven't had time. This weekend, I'll go talk to her."

After finishing, he looked at his eldest sister-in-law and explained: "Her identity and background problems are relatively serious. The most suitable place is actually in the First Prison, especially for the next period of time."

Li Xuewu said this and took the opportunity to tell his eldest sister-in-law about the recent situation. Zhao Yafang had also learned a lot when she returned to school this time, and her eyebrows were also furrowed.

Liu Yin didn't understand these things. Listening to her children talking, she could only listen and couldn't interject a word.

Seeing her second brother and sister-in-law talking about this, Li Xue, like Ji Yuxiu, listened carefully.

Ji Yuxiu had been working for more than a year, so she naturally understood more than Li Xue and would occasionally ask Li Xuewu a question or two.

The situation at the Jiaodaokou office was relatively stable. There were very few people doing such things in the front-line offices, especially when there was a shortage of police force and everyone was very busy, they were even more pragmatic.

They naturally saw things more clearly and professionally. Carrying the task of public security management, they never wanted the order to be chaotic.

According to what Ji Yuxiu said, it seemed like it was going to start again before the new year, and some people with ulterior motives wanted to fish in troubled waters and deliberately stir up the water to cause destruction.

For this, Li Xuewu gave Ji Yuxiu his plan, which was to treat them differently and handle them according to the circumstances.

For those with criminal facts, pursue the actual criminal facts; for those without criminal facts, focus on criticism and education, and try not to escalate the conflict.

Young people's hot blood doesn't know the depth without blowing cold wind, and they don't know the height without accepting transformation and tempering. This is the power of the era, which cannot be resisted.

After sitting at home for a while, because her sister-in-law hadn't been to school recently, Li Xue was by her side, and Ji Yuxiu was at home, these things were mentioned in passing, just telling them how to deal with them.

Her mother didn't need to be told. As a housewife, she was very quiet in this courtyard, and with the neighborhood godmother around, she was very safe.

Going out to the Daozuofang, when passing by the courtyard, some people in the courtyard were still there. Seeing Li Xuewu, they also sighed.

Everyone was a neighbor, and they all understood the situation in their hearts, so there was no point in saying who was right and who was wrong.

It wasn't Qin Huairu who hit people with a stick, and they didn't see Qin Huairu ask Yan Fugui to do so. Everything was the Yan family's own fault.

The only thing that made everyone feel awkward tonight was the moment Qin Huairu turned her face. Those who were spoken to all felt uncomfortable.

Li Xuewu just glanced at the empty Yan family and didn't talk to the people in the courtyard, then went to the Daozuofang.

Old Biaozi was sitting on the kang with Grandfather and Second Grandfather drinking water. Seeing Li Xuewu come in, he asked: "I heard the commotion was quite loud?"

"Just nonsense."

Li Xuewu took the hot water handed over by Yu Li, pulled up a stool, and sat by the kang.

"It really gave me a fright at noon. The kid was naked and diving into Tuanjie Lake. It was only after the fact that he explained he wanted to blow up fish in the lake, but was caught by his mother."

As he spoke, he glanced at Old Biaozi and the others and said: "Qin Huairu said she found two jin of firecracker powder in his school bag and was looking for a bottle. If it had been a bit later, he would have gone to blow it up."

"Good guy, two jin of firecracker powder is enough to take out a few people."

Seeing Sha Zhu sat inside, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said: "Not to mention others, at least you would have received a disciplinary action, and at this time, hehe."

Old Biaozi also heard the implication of Seeing Sha Zhu's hum. It meant that this stick on Yan Jiefang was hit lightly.

The reason Li Xuewu stood there without speaking today was also because of this. If this stick wasn't hit, it would eventually cause trouble.

If it weren't for the work team being here, and if it weren't for this time, Li Xuewu wouldn't want people to catch hold of things, he would have caught him long ago.

Today's stick was light. Why was Qin Huairu squatting there crying at the time?

If Banggeng really caused trouble, Li Xuewu wouldn't protect her, and the life they had just eased into would fall to the bottom again.

It can be said that Yan Jiefang's move was to cut off Qin Huairu's retreat and cut off their family's life.

To say Yan Jiefang was young and ignorant, but he was such a big boy, did he really not understand?

Just like what Qin Huairu said, why didn't he harm others, but insisted on exchanging with Banggeng, and even taught Banggeng how to blow up fish, and where there were many fish?

Li Xuewu helped her so much. If it really affected Li Xuewu because of Banggeng, Qin Huairu wouldn't be able to get over this hurdle herself.

Work wasn't as important as Li Xuewu's attitude toward her. As long as Li Xuewu still cared about her, she didn't even need this job; sooner or later, he wouldn't treat her badly.

But if Li Xuewu hated her, she would really be doomed forever.

This time Qin Huairu went ruthless to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, which was to show Li Xuewu, to show the people in the courtyard, and to show Banggeng.

Let Banggeng see the consequences of doing wrong. Even though Banggeng's hands were full of sweat and his face was wrinkled with fear, she didn't let go of her son's hand.

Once a boy is over ten, he is no longer a child; he must know the weight of things.

Qin Huairu knew Li Xuewu didn't scold Banggeng or her at the entrance of the guesthouse because of Li Xuewu's status. He had that depth and didn't want to embarrass her, especially in front of the child.

Because Li Xuewu gave her face, and because Li Xuewu didn't pursue this matter, Qin Huairu had to cherish this relationship and had to give Li Xuewu an explanation.

Li Xuewu turned and returned to the Li family. Qin Huairu knew Li Xuewu was satisfied, which was why she took her son back.

Everything was handled, and it was over. Li Xuewu didn't care about this and didn't want to talk more about these things with Old Biaozi and the others.

"Why are you leaving so late today?"

Li Xuewu looked at Old Biaozi and said: "Late because of the fruit?"

"That really didn't take much effort."

Old Biaozi waved his hand and said: "The people from the supply and marketing cooperative went with me. Weighing and accounting are all professional."

"Is this how you do business?"

Second Grandfather knocked on the table with his tobacco pipe, narrowed his eyes, and said: "Using others for weighing, and using others for accounting—what are you doing?"

Old Biaozi laughed: "That's not it. I brought my own accountant, just saved the steps of doing the work."

As he spoke, following Second Grandfather's meaning, he gestured to Li Xuewu: "The accounting room still needs to cultivate its own people. Once or twice is fine, but for this kind of business, using these old guys, I always feel it's a bit inconvenient."

After saying this, he saw Second Grandfather's face look awkward, so he quickly waved his hand: "Second Grandfather, I'm not talking about you; I'm talking about the few old gentlemen in the accounting room."

Ye Second Grandfather didn't know whether he should be embarrassed after being said so by Old Biaozi, so he took his tobacco pipe and wanted to hit him.

After laughing and making a scene for a while, Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and took a sip, saying: "I'll handle this matter later."

After finishing, he put down the teacup and gestured to Old Biaozi with a smile: "How is that object of yours from the Central Finance?"

Li Xuewu was talking about Old Biaozi's object, but he was actually teasing him.

As far as Li Xuewu knew, whether it was from the Central Academy of Drama or the Central University of Finance and Economics, it was all Old Biaozi's wishful thinking. Whether they remembered him or not was hard to say.

Old Biaozi nodded very seriously at this moment and said: "Good, they're all good. We've been meeting often these past few days."

"Hehe, you're really straddling two boats~"

Li Xuewu didn't believe his big-chested brother's words. Even at his peak, he hadn't seriously dated two objects. The kind of good sister and good sister didn't count.

Old Biaozi acted as if he were telling the truth, nodded, and said: "It's hard to refuse such kindness. Maybe I'm too excellent, or maybe I'm too charming. Both of them are interested in me..."

"That's enough."

Seeing Sha Zhu sat on the kang and kicked him, laughing: "It's good that we don't have cows here, otherwise you'd blow them all into the sky."

Old Biaozi narrowed his eyes and looked at Seeing Sha Zhu provocatively, saying: "How many objects have you dated? How dare you question me?"

After finishing, he looked at Li Xuewu and said: "I even went to send fruit to them today, and I went to Su Qing's house too."

"Who is Su Qing?"

Seeing Sha Zhu widened his eyes and asked: "You really sent the fruit to their house? Met their parents?"

"Otherwise?"

He caught the point. Old Biaozi glanced at Seeing Sha Zhu and then said: "Her parents like me very much, saying I'm a sincere person."

Seeing Sha Zhu looked at Li Xuewu, who was lowering his head to drink water, and asked: "Xuewu, do you believe it? A girl from the Central University of Finance and Economics, a university student, went to meet her parents with him!"

"Hehe, I believe it. There's nothing my big-chested brother can't do."

Li Xuewu looked at Old Biaozi with a smile and asked: "Did you not hear the whole thing? Did they say you were sincere... as in 'not very good'?" ===== CHAPTER 692 =====

"Haha, believe me, there's nothing my big brother can't do."

Li Xuewu smiled and glanced at Lao Biaozi, then asked, "Did you not hear the whole thing? Did their parents say you were actually... not that great?"