Chapter 730

A person being born, from lying down to slowly learning to walk, to run, and then to walking with a brisk step, is a process of growth.

And where there is growth, there will be aging.

At that time, a person will go from walking with a brisk step to having inconvenient legs and feet, unable to run, and then unable to walk.

The journey of life returns to the starting point, lying down to finish the final moments of life.

When the elderly and children are together, isn't it also looking at their own childhood, and also looking at their own old age.

Cherishing children is cherishing and respecting one's own life.

Li Shu's battery life was more enduring than imagined; one child was as noisy as six children now.

Li Xuewu couldn't keep up, and Gu Ning also had to sleep early, so Li Shu's love was ultimately misplaced.

However, the departure of daddy and mommy only made Li Shu change to a place to play; from the living room back to the bedroom, the person playing with her became the old lady.

When going upstairs, one could still hear Li Shu's laughter; Gu Ning touched her belly unnaturally, thinking in her heart that the second child in the family must not be this noisy.

Having one Li Shu is enough; the family doesn't have a second old lady.

Li Xuewu couldn't help but smile when he saw Gu Ning's slightly melancholy expression; as soon as he entered the study, he said casually: "If you miss Mom and Dad, just make a phone call."

"I don't want to call."

Gu Ning gathered the hair behind her head and sat listlessly on the chair behind the desk.

Li Xuewu found his briefcase and took out several documents to read, but reminded her: "This matter will have to be said sooner or later; if you say it late, be careful that Mom blames you."

After finishing, he raised his head and pointed at Gu Ning: "And there's the matter of your younger brother; pay attention to it and call to ask when he's coming back."

"I've already said it~~"

Gu Ning pulled the corners of her mouth and picked up the document Li Xuewu placed on the table to look at; it was the summary of the mid-year meeting agenda and the mid-year meeting report of the Security Division.

In the pile of documents, she also saw the current execution policies of the Party and particularly complex theoretical articles.

Her already melancholy mood was hit again by these documents of Li Xuewu; she raised her head and looked at the man sitting opposite her—how did this brain grow?

Since she met Li Xuewu, she had never cared about his work, just as Li Xuewu never asked her if her surgery was successful today.

The couple each had their own careers, and the industry differences were too huge, so there were no common topics in their business.

However, regarding ideological politics and theoretical articles, they were common; she also needed to study and write these manuscripts, but she just couldn't write to Li Xuewu's level.

Usually, she didn't see him cooped up in the room reading big volumes, but he could write them, and write them very well.

Colleagues in the hospital naturally saw the news reports from a while ago, knew Li Xuewu's name and past, and verified the contents of the newspapers with Gu Ning one by one, wanting her to talk about what kind of person her man really was.

But there really wasn't much Gu Ning could say; she didn't read the newspapers usually, and if it weren't for her colleagues' reminders, she wouldn't have known that "she" had agreed to Li Xuewu's donation.

The man described in the newspaper as talented, loyal, and chivalrous didn't quite seem like her man.

The Li Xuewu in her eyes and heart was a bad man, the one best at talking nonsense with a straight face.

Looking at the man opposite her seriously reading documents, Gu Ning felt like she was reading a book, a book that read differently to her than it did to others.

The bad guy in her own eyes was actually a young talent in the mouths of her colleagues; this contrast was too confusing.

She didn't know what magic he had cast on her colleagues; it seemed her daily life hadn't become besieged because of the sister-in-law's departure, nor had it caused more controversy because of her own reclusive personality.

It seemed the dust had settled; many remarks previously aimed at her were slowly disappearing, and people in the department began to take the initiative to communicate and exchange with her, and sometimes even took the initiative to defend and help her.

The wind in the hospital came a little late, but it was already blowing very hard; from top to bottom, everyone needed to study and participate in activities.

Gu Ning didn't like doing this, but she forced herself to participate; she knew Li Xuewu had done enough for her.

Just as Li Xuewu had told her, life doesn't always change according to one's own temper.

Before, she could throw tantrums, but that was more because her parents were there to handle everything for her.

Now that she was a parent herself, she wanted to understand Li Xuewu more and understand Li Xuewu more.

Perhaps it was precisely because of her response to those colleagues who took the initiative to talk to her that everyone realized and understood Gu Ning's personality, and had more reasons for understanding.

She felt it was Li Xuewu doing the work to make her colleagues easier to get along with, but wasn't it also herself changing this situation?

Having accompanied Li Xuewu until ten o'clock, Gu Ning really couldn't hold on anymore; she gently patted the table in front of Li Xuewu and said softly: "It's time to sleep~"

"Mm."

Li Xuewu responded, then stopped his pen after a good while, raised his head with a smile and said: "If you're sleepy, go to sleep; aren't you tired from dragging it out here with me?"

Gu Ning pulled the corners of her mouth and didn't answer the question, and sent Li Xuewu a look of "you don't know what's good for you."

Li Xuewu asked Gu Ning while tidying up the documents: "I was just asking you about Gu Yan's matter; what did he say?"

"He's not coming back yet; he's going to Yangcheng."

Gu Ning stood up while supporting the table and said while walking towards the master bedroom: "Don't worry about him; he's not a child anymore."

Li Xuewu tidied up his briefcase and followed her back to the master bedroom; seeing Gu Ning lying on her side, he asked: "Tired?"

"No~"

Gu Ning felt Li Xuewu get on the bed and turned over, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "The director isn't arranging for me to enter the operating room anymore."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Isn't this a good thing? Considering you're pregnant, why do you still have this expression?"

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu's face and said: "I seem to have become a burden again."

"I think you're being silly again~"

Li Xuewu touched Gu Ning's head and comforted her with a smile: "I told you you should call Mom early and let her talk to you properly, and you'd be fine."

Gu Ning couldn't be bothered to argue with Li Xuewu, closed her eyes and said: "I will call!"

"I know."

Li Xuewu curled his lips, looked at his wife's stubborn expression, and smiled understandingly, then said: "Then I can talk about it at the Sihe Academy home, right?"

Gu Ning opened her eyes abruptly, glared at Li Xuewu hard, then closed them again, and said with a helpless expression: "Whatever~"

She wanted to hide it for a while longer; the earlier she said it, the more pressure there would be, but she couldn't deprive Li Xuewu of the right to share the joy with his family.

Although this joy was given by her, she couldn't just think for herself.

Yangcheng is far away, so it's easy to say anything, and calling early or late is the same, but there's no reason not to say it here.

Li Xuewu gently patted Gu Ning's shoulder and comforted her: "I'll say it in advance so the family can be prepared; think about it, isn't that how it is?"

Gu Ning pursed her lips and didn't open her eyes again, but didn't say anything else, which counted as tacitly agreeing to Li Xuewu's words.

Since Gu Ning tacitly agreed, Li Xuewu did just that.

On Friday, Li Xuewu specifically went to the Security Brigade first to sit in the office; one reason was that he wanted to wait for Lai Shanchuan's next move, and the other was that he wanted to take the time to go home.

It's fine to tell the family for a day or two, but like Gu Ning who deliberately wanted to hide it, if his mother found out, he was afraid she would sever the mother-son relationship with him.

Having handled the problem so quickly at the Municipal Bureau yesterday, Li Xuewu wondered if they would feed back any information to Lai Shanchuan.

However, thinking about the current environment and situation, especially the relationship between Lai Shanchuan and that Deputy Director Wang, he guessed that this matter might become more complex.

So that Deputy Director Wang might not want to offend him, and letting him solve the problem himself was the most reasonable way to handle it.

Of course, this was Li Xuewu's judgment of conventional practices in the workplace, and also the thinking of a normal person.

Inevitably, one will encounter stubborn people in the workplace, or weirdos with strange ways of thinking, and then the problem will develop in an unknown direction.

All Li Xuewu can do now is walk one small step at a time; if he can delay, he will delay. Lai Shanchuan is not hard to handle; what's hard to handle is the influence that will appear after Lai Shanchuan is handled.

Having a rebellious bone in the back of one's head, specifically picking on leaders—is this a good reputation?

Li Xuewu is of course not such a person; how could he want this kind of influence?

"Spring breeze turning into rain" is the path he should take now; don't mention the affairs of the common people once you've come ashore—this is the rule.

Lai Shanchuan will definitely make a move; this is a set of combination punches. Li Xuewu is very clear that he won't give up, because he hasn't been beaten yet.

Li Xuewu has been passively receiving moves and passively being beaten; not fighting back is the greatest encouragement and indulgence for Lai Shanchuan.

Since he didn't fight back, it meant he didn't have the power to fight back, or that he had concerns.

The most direct background Li Xuewu has in this system is Zheng Fuhua, but Zheng Fuhua now has a sense of a "mud bodhisattva crossing the river," and hasn't interfered with his small actions.

This is very interesting.

Lai Shanchuan felt that if Zheng Fuhua didn't move, the reasons were nothing more than three points.

He wants to move but doesn't have the ability to move;

He doesn't want to move and is abandoning the Security Brigade to protect himself;

He can move and is already preparing to move.

Two of these three points are favorable to him; as long as the action is small and doesn't trigger Zheng Fuhua's critical point of fighting to the death, there won't be a problem.

Relying on his twenty-plus years of fighting experience, Lai Shanchuan didn't believe he couldn't fight Li Xuewu, this little brat.

And Li Xuewu, this little brat, is also waiting to see how he disassembles the moves, treating him as practice.

He didn't dare to touch the relationships at the branch bureau before because he, as a newcomer, wasn't qualified, even as a deputy division level.

Li Xuewu has relatively upper-level relationships and mid-level relationships, but he doesn't have a grassroots foundation.

He can only influence two stations: Jiaodaokou and Beixinqiao.

It's not his turn to interfere in this game of chess, so he consciously stood further away, not hindering others, and not attracting others' attention.

In an organization, opportunities always appear inadvertently; if you grasp them, you have them; if you don't, they pass.

What is an opportunity?

The wind from above and the water from the leaders are all opportunities; does competition between departments count as an opportunity?

It depends on how you handle it; sometimes it counts.

Li Xuewu is sitting in the office waiting for the wind to come, but the wind won't come, while people from various departments of the Security Brigade coming to ask for instructions have come quite a few.

These days, Li Xuewu has been busy enough watching the Party Committee building of the Steel Mill move, and the Security Brigade is no less so.

The use of the dormitory building directly caused the clearing of several buildings in the courtyard and the side courtyard, and at the same time, the Dongfeng Construction Team began the installation of the overall heating equipment for the Security Brigade.

It's convenient indoors; just drill holes in the walls, install heating and pipes, and hang them on the walls.

The main thing is the laying of outdoor pipes, which requires digging open trenches for burial.

Digging tunnels isn't hard, but the floor tiles on top of the tunnels are old goods; this stuff isn't easy to dig, and it's not easy to lay either.

Fortunately, there are many workers in Dongfeng Construction, so handling this is no problem. Master Dou also came in to sit for a while when Li Xuewu was free.

It was just casual chat, nothing much, reporting on the engineering status at Li Xuewu's place recently.

The renovation and expansion project of Dongfeng No. 1 is progressing smoothly; the project currently being done is the same as here, both are laying water heating and circuits, changing exposed lines to concealed ones, striving to achieve heating for the entire courtyard before winter enters.

Like the situation here, Dongfeng No. 1 is also not in the collective heating plan of the East City, so it needs to buy its own boiler for heating.

Fortunately, there is this project of the Security Brigade, so doing both together saves time and materials.

After autumn, the two courtyards in front of the entire mansion can be completed, the training ground will be fully opened, and projects such as the restaurant, art gallery, and teahouse can also be opened for operation.

It's not that Dongfeng Construction isn't putting in effort, it's really that Li Xuewu's requirements are high; he cannot destroy the original architectural style, and even less can he damage the historical value of the courtyard.

When Dou Yaozu organized the construction, he was also cautious, deeply afraid of damaging something.

His second uncle is stationed at Dongfeng No. 1 to supervise the work, ensuring that no technical problems will appear during the construction process.

The back row of buildings in the backyard is to be converted into a guesthouse; the original buildings will be demolished, and deep excavation and heightening will be carried out according to the Ming and Qing architectural style in equal proportions. The completed guesthouse should be a building with one underground floor and six floors above ground.

The construction period of Dongfeng No. 1 is expected to end next year, so it's easy to adjust whether it's fast or slow now.

The boiler room and heating installation project here at the Security Brigade is slightly tighter, and it must end this autumn.

The main manpower of Dongfeng Construction is still at the Steel Mill residential area project; as the main construction unit, Dou Yaozu is much busier than before.

Coming here is also because he didn't see Li Xuewu at the Steel Mill, and he wanted to talk to Li Xuewu about spending money.

"This money looks like a lot, but in reality, once you spend it, you can't stop your hands."

Dou Yaozu said with a bitter and pained face: "Construction machinery is being added one by one, and the money is running out like flowing water. This really fulfills that saying: Steel Mill earns money, Steel Mill spends it; don't even think about taking a penny home~"

"Hehe~"

Seeing Master Dou's bitter smile, Li Xuewu was also a bit dumbfounded.

These words weren't about Master Dou and the others, but described the rich materials supplied to workers in the Steel Mill, where many things that couldn't be bought outside were available here.

However, what Master Dou said wasn't wrong; he had undertaken the construction project of the Steel Mill's residential buildings, so he inevitably had to add construction equipment.

Before, when he was doing odd jobs and helping out, other formal units had all the proper equipment, and he was just sponging off them.

Now it's not the same; it's his turn to take the lead, so how could he do it without proper tools.

Last time he was still showing off to Li Xuewu that he had earned a lot of money, but this time the money was gone, and he started crying instead.

If after one project is finished, only a pile of tools is left, it would be quite a scene.

Li Xuewu certainly wouldn't think so; the factories now aren't in the state of being half-dead and in debt like decades later. As long as the budget is made, the accounts won't be short.

Dongfeng Construction doesn't need to worry about funding; now is the stage of technical and experience accumulation, and what's important is cultivating construction talent and saving skills and equipment; earning money is secondary.

So Li Xuewu hadn't put pressure on Master Dou, and even used his influence to help him get work, get big work.

The residential area project will be finished in about three years; once this order is done, Dongfeng Construction will really have everything it needs, and it will have the confidence to speak up.

If you don't have anything, you wouldn't dare to take the work even if it's given to you.

As long as it holds onto a Steel Mill, Dongfeng Construction won't be afraid of having no work to do.

The Steel Mill itself won't establish a construction team; the construction team it has now is just to settle those quota personnel.

The Steel Mill itself has plenty of construction projects; its own engineering team is definitely not enough, and daily maintenance and repairs are about the same; for new projects, they can only find people from outside.

Master Dou also knows the principle of giving and taking; coming here today to report accounts and work to Li Xuewu is nothing more than explaining how the money disappeared, so Li Xuewu wouldn't be unhappy.

Just like Old Biaozi's recognition of Li Xuewu, Master Dou also doesn't want Li Xuewu to have problems, and even less wants problems to appear in the relationship between him and Li Xuewu.

What's more pure than Old Biaozi is that the interest relationship between Dou Yaozu and Li Xuewu is more obvious; if it breaks, it's over.

So communicating more and reporting diligently is the rule Master Dou set for himself.

Li Xuewu understood his approach, and although he comforted him with words, he inwardly approved of it.

Dongfeng Construction was also brought up by Li Xuewu; although it didn't offer advice like the recycling station, it also poured in quite a bit of effort.

The future is an era of explosion in the construction industry, and all his arrangements cannot bypass the construction industry.

He knows deeply that he doesn't have any superpowers, nor any professional knowledge and skills; all he has is a few more years of preparation and arrangement than others.

Now he is taking risks to earn money and pave the way, also to suddenly pull away the gap when he starts running in a few years; otherwise, he has no confidence to compete for opportunities with those people in the waves of the era.

"A clumsy bird flies first" is exactly Li Xuewu.

Construction heat, real estate heat, that has to be the late eighties, but if he thought about grabbing people to work then, he's afraid the opportunity would have long passed.

According to Li Xuewu's nature of calculating ten steps for every one he takes, preparing for a construction company in '66 is already very late.

Just think, when the construction heat just had a little temperature, suddenly a private enterprise pops out, shouting "century-old brand, inheriting classic imperial architectural culture"—are you afraid!

Twenty years of holding high the red flag, tirelessly pursuing excellent quality, strong financial strength, rich construction experience—which builder can outrun him?!

Pan Vanke started running in '88, Xu Evergrande started running in '92, so Li Xuewu decided to let Dou Yaozu start running in '66.

After all, Dou Yaozu's grandfather and father had already been working for decades, and had done quite a bit of work for the imperial family, so they could be considered experienced.

Master Dou is forty-something this year, and he'll only be sixty-something in twenty years, which is just the right age!

Compared to twenty-something or thirty-something young guys, sixty-something legs and feet aren't as nimble, so he has to run a few steps ahead; there's nothing wrong with that.

Li Xuewu is a decent person; if he wants to win, he wants to win uprightly, win at the starting line!

Since he can't compete in courage and decision-making, he'll compete at the starting line; running twenty or thirty years early, relying on his vision, he doesn't believe he can't outrun others.

Even if he can't outrun them, at least he won't end up in a detention center without even being able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Having been busy at the Security Brigade until noon, he didn't rest after lunch and took a car directly back to the Sihe Academy.

Han Jiankun and Sha Qizhi didn't want to enter the courtyard and just stayed in the car to wait; Li Xuewu didn't bother with them either and entered the courtyard gate empty-handed.

He didn't enter from the store because there were many people there; he didn't want to cause gossip, nor did he want to disturb Yu Li and the others.

Don't look at the bright sun now, but some families only have free time at this time, so they hurry over here to sell junk and exchange it for some daily necessities.

There is also a part of people who come to deal with the "scourge" at home; the last time was a peak period, and since then, people have been coming to deal with antiques and curios; the second uncle can't leave the store.

Old Biaozi also prepared a batch of red-covered books and badges for the warehouse again; this stuff sells very well.

When Li Xuewu walked into the entrance hall, he heard the women in the gatehouse chattering about something.

Perhaps they saw someone coming in, perhaps they discovered this person was Li Xuewu, and the noise in the gatehouse dropped significantly.

And when Li Xuewu walked past the gatehouse, the sound inside increased again.

In those few steps he passed by, Li Xuewu also heard a few sentences; it seemed to be about the children of each family going to cause trouble with those little brats on the street.

There were also names of families in the courtyard, such as the Yan family in the front courtyard, the Han family in the middle courtyard, the Liu family in the backyard, etc.

Where there is trouble, there is no peace; some people were saying who hit whom...

Li Xuewu didn't want to listen, and didn't listen carefully, and just happened to bump into Yu Li coming out from inside at the hanging flower gate.

"Why are you back?"

"What are you saying; did you have an affair or something?"

"Go to hell! ~"

Seeing him playing with words, Yu Li retorted unhappily, then sized Li Xuewu up and smiled with pursed lips.

Seeing her smiling happily, Li Xuewu curled his lips and asked: "Sun-baked silly?"

Yu Li glared at him dissatisfied; this person was still as bad as ever, a bad guy.

"Are you going back to the backyard? I just finished tidying up and mopped the floor, but it hasn't dried yet; wait a while before going in."

"Got it, I'll go back in a while."

Li Xuewu responded, and seeing Yu Li walk into the screen gate, he then passed the hanging flower gate and went home.

Lunch at home was eaten early, and this time his mother Liu Yin and sister-in-law were lying on the kang talking; they didn't expect Li Xuewu to come back.

When she heard Li Xuewu greeting people in the courtyard, Liu Yin sat up and looked out from the window; it was indeed her second son who had returned.

She had just gotten off the kang when Li Xuewu entered the room.

"Why are you running out in this big sun!"

Seeing her son covered in sweat from the heat, Liu Yin couldn't help but blame him, and busily prepared wash water and towels.

Li Xuewu washed his face while explaining the purpose of his return to his mother.

"What did you say!"

Hearing her son say that his wife was pregnant, Liu Yin was stunned for a moment.

When Li Xuewu went to take the towel from her hand, she woke up, and a joyful expression bloomed on her face.

"When was it diagnosed! Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Liu Yin kept blaming her son for not being attentive, but she couldn't help but smile on her face.

Her son had been married for more than two months, and she wasn't in a hurry for children so quickly.

But what mother doesn't hope for her son to have descendants after setting up a family.

She had thought about asking if Gu Ning had any reactions, but she wasn't her biological mother, and as a mother-in-law, it wasn't good to put too much pressure on her daughter-in-law.

But it was good; before she could struggle, the surprise came.

Liu Yin didn't listen to her son's explanation; her ears couldn't hear any other sounds now, only the surprise that Little Ning was pregnant.

Seeing her mother clapping and laughing, Li Xuewu smiled helplessly, looked at his sister-in-law sitting on the kang, and they both laughed.

Liu Yin was truly happy; once she sat on the edge of the kang, she couldn't help but wipe her tears, and began to chatter about Li Xuewu's naughtiness when he was small, how hard it was for her to raise Li Xuewu, how many disasters Li Xuewu caused, and that he finally had some success now.

The helpless smile on Li Xuewu's face instantly turned into a dumbfounded one; he hadn't heard that having a child meant having success, and his mother's digging up of old history was all about him not being obedient, which made Zhao Yafang laugh as well.

"Old lady~ stop talking~"

Li Xuewu pulled a stool and sat on the edge of the kang, reached out to wipe his mother's tears, and comforted her: "I'm also a father now; these things can't be mentioned anymore. If Li Shu and the future boy hear them, what authority will I have as a father."

"Li Shu is just as naughty as you were when you were small!"

Liu Yin retorted to Li Xuewu dissatisfied; she herself knew she was crying because she was happy, so she just said whatever came to mind.

Being comforted by her son, she stopped talking, and instead began to ask about Gu Ning's diet and daily life.

Li Xuewu helplessly patted his mother's knee and comforted her softly: "The old lady is over there, and there's Qin Jingru at home; I'm also going home tonight, so what are you worried about?"

Liu Yin glared at her son, blaming him for using the old lady to talk about her, but she still gave him a thousand instructions, especially telling Li Xuewu not to go home too late at night, so as not to attract unclean things.

Li Xuewu nodded repeatedly, saying he would definitely listen to his mother in the future, which made Liu Yin show a satisfied smile.

The old lady is old, and sometimes she has to be coaxed like an old child; the mother is the same.

Forty years old, it's not much in later generations, but in this era, his mother suffered hardships when she was small and was tired in her youth, so her body wasn't that good.

If it weren't for his father insisting on not letting her go out to work, he's afraid her body wouldn't be as good as it is now.

The whole family's housework was handled by her alone, and it was only at this age that she had time to breathe.

But the youngest child is only sixteen, and it's still early for him to set up a family; the eldest granddaughter is here, and the eldest grandson is also coming.

Today, she heard that the second daughter-in-law is pregnant, and the second grandson is also coming; with children and grandchildren filling the hall, can she not be old?

When people get old, they love to chatter and dig up old accounts; Li Xuewu doesn't like to listen but has to, because this is what he did, and the person talking is his own mother.

Seeing his sister-in-law sitting on the kang watching the fun, Li Xuewu smiled and asked his mother about his sister-in-law's situation.

Zhao Yafang didn't need her mother-in-law to speak; she explained the months to her second brother-in-law herself.

Li Xuewu looked at Zhao Yafang's slightly protruding abdomen; she was just careful in her movements and didn't have any inconvenience, so he felt relieved.

Zhao Yafang is now walking the path that Gu Ning is about to walk; the two are less than three months apart, and Gu Ning only needs to look at Zhao Yafang to know what she needs to do.

Seeing Li Xuewu asking Zhao Yafang about some maintenance tips, Liu Yin began to look for old clothes to cut into small quilts and swaddling clothes.

Li Xuewu looked at his mother busy and wanted to open his mouth to persuade her, but was stopped by Zhao Yafang waving her hand.

The mother-in-law at this time is happy and excited, and always needs to find something to do, otherwise she can't vent the joy in her heart.

Li Xuewu rubbed his forehead, looked at his sister-in-law and asked: "Nothing at school?"

"What's wrong? Do you have something?"

Zhao Yafang saw that her second brother-in-law seemed to have something to say, so she asked directly.

Li Xuewu hesitated for a moment, looked at his sister-in-law and asked: "Sister-in-law, you studied mathematics; do you understand financial knowledge?"

Zhao Yafang looked at Li Xuewu, then looked at her mother-in-law, and then said: "Mathematics is a basic discipline, and finance is a professional discipline; you are both people who have been to university, don't you understand this difference?"

After speaking, she signaled Li Xuewu with her eyes and didn't continue the topic.

Li Xuewu also understood the implication of his sister-in-law's words, and his peripheral vision also saw his mother's ears pricked up; he was afraid that if he continued, his mother would oppose him.

Asking his sister-in-law to help manage finances was an idea he decided on after thinking and thinking; family members participating in enterprise management has drawbacks, but in this era, it also has advantages.

Li Xuewu didn't want to destroy brotherly affection and family harmony because of money, so whether to use his sister-in-law was the focus of his hesitation.

However, there aren't many people he can use; his sister-in-law has probably been out of work for six or seven years after this break, and compared to his eldest brother, she doesn't have the quietness of reading books in prison like his eldest brother.

If he doesn't find something for his sister-in-law to do, she won't be able to stay still in a year or two.

Some women are tied down by children, and some women tie themselves down with children.

His sister-in-law is clearly not the type to stay at home and be a good wife and mother; his eldest brother is quite like that.

His mother supports his sister-in-law resting at home; the school is chaotic, and there are many young people playing around, so she's afraid it will affect his sister-in-law's pregnancy.

This is the first child of the Li family, so naturally, it must be treated cautiously; if Li Xuewu dared to ask Zhao Yafang to work here, he's afraid his mother would give him a set of "needles in a mother's hand, stabbing the rebellious son."

Li Xuewu also saw that the situation was not good, stood up and signaled to the backyard: "I'm going to send a message to Yangcheng."

"What's wrong with the phone at home? Why do you have to come here to call?"

Liu Yin was indeed listening to her son's movements, and seeing him stand up to say this, she hurriedly asked.

Li Xuewu stood at the door and explained with a smile: "Gu Ning has concerns in her heart and doesn't want to tell Yangcheng so early; you all just pretend you don't know I've told Yangcheng about this."

After explaining, he went outside the door, and Liu Yin looked at her son going to the backyard and muttered "little monkey" with a smile.

No matter how old the son is, in the mother's eyes, he is a little monkey, and the things he does are absurd and cute.

Zhao Yafang chatted with her mother-in-law for a few words and then got off the kang, supporting her waist and strolling to the door.

Liu Yin glanced at her but didn't pay much attention; Zhao Yafang would go out for walks usually, but only in the courtyard.

Either go to the third brother's room in the east courtyard, or go to the second brother's room in the backyard, or go to the west courtyard; anyway, it's just these places.

She doesn't dare to go outside; the street is noisy, and the alley isn't peaceful either.

This alley is close to the street and has only one passage, and there is a supply and marketing cooperative inside, and two stores in the west courtyard; can it not be noisy?

There are also elderly people carrying cattail fans to sit on the stone piers at the door, but Zhao Yafang doesn't dare to go, and doesn't want to go.

One is that she's afraid of accidents, and the other is that she has nothing to talk about with those old men and women.

It's not the same level of education, nor the same background environment, and the ages are quite different.

With these differences, she can't talk to those elderly people, and she can't talk to those women even more.

People in this courtyard and people in the alley treat her as a school teacher; respect mixed with distance, and even greetings are full of politeness.

Don't look at how culture doesn't seem popular now, but in reality, the status of teachers is still there; what lost status are those teachers with bad backgrounds.

Are there really no teachers in the university?

How is that possible!

The ones who were hurt later spoke up, so it seemed like many were hurt, but there were still quite a few who didn't speak up.

With Zhao Yafang's background, who dares to say she has problems, who dares to say she isn't a good teacher?!

So, looking at problems and looking at history are the same: understand comprehensively, analyze deeply, observe dialectically, and seek truth carefully.

Li Xuewu had foresight, knowing that his father-in-law and mother-in-law wouldn't blame Gu Ning for not reporting the good news, after all, she is their own daughter.

But if he, the son-in-law, didn't report the good news, that would be a problem.

What? Don't treat this side as family?

So, Gu Ning didn't want to report the good news herself and didn't let him call, so he could only call secretly.

As for Gu Ning blaming him afterwards, that's still better than his father-in-law and mother-in-law blaming him.

So when the phone to Yangcheng was connected, Li Xuewu heard his mother-in-law's voice and reported this good news immediately.

Ding Fengxia on the other end of the phone was naturally overjoyed, and even Li Xuewu on this end could hear his mother-in-law's laughter.

Li Xuewu was also good at talking; he confessed Gu Ning's concerns about not calling and her helplessness in not letting him call to his mother-in-law, and asked his mother-in-law to keep this secret with him.

Don't tell Gu Ning; just pretend you don't know.

When Gu Ning wants to say it, show the same surprise reaction as today.

Facing his son-in-law's "unreasonable" request, Ding Fengxia complained about her daughter on the phone, saying Gu Ning was ignorant, praised Li Xuewu again and again, and finally agreed to her son-in-law's request.

How could she not agree; she knew what kind of personality her daughter had.

If she doesn't want to say it, she doesn't want to say it; if you know, she'll get angry instead.

So she could only indulge her temper; now that it's this situation, hearing Li Xuewu's words of doting on Gu Ning, she felt even more satisfied with this son-in-law.

People in the office could feel Ding Fengxia's joy and satisfaction, especially her words of belittling her daughter and praising her son-in-law, which made everyone feel her pleasant mood.

When she learned that her son-in-law had taken time out of his work to make this call, she also told Li Xuewu to hurry up and work, and talk about things on the weekend holiday.

After hanging up the phone, the permed sister sitting opposite her asked with a smile: "Daughter is pregnant?"

"Isn't that so; she just doesn't let people worry."

Ding Fengxia had a smile on her face, but she was blaming her daughter: "It's been more than two months and she still wants to hide it; it's fortunate that the son-in-law is sensible."

"Yes, yes."

The permed sister said with a smile: "Your son-in-law looks steady and sensible."

Ding Fengxia most loves to hear people praise her son-in-law; as long as she hears it, the corners of her mouth will definitely go up.

No other reason, this son-in-law handles things properly and wins glory for her~

While chatting casually on the surface, she had already started thinking about what to prepare for her daughter.

That little ungrateful one doesn't even know how to make a phone call; she acts as if nothing happened even when something big happens.

This is only because she gave her to Li Xuewu, someone she knows inside and out, someone upright and decent; if she had given her to another family and she suffered, she wouldn't even know.

Although Li Xuewu is younger than Gu Ning, his actions made her satisfied; she also said on the phone that she wanted to go back to see her, but her son-in-law didn't let her.

At this time, transportation is inconvenient, travel is not smooth, and the situation in Beijing is not very good, so there is no need to make a trip for such a small matter.

Her son-in-law also said on the phone that it's only been two months, and there's still plenty of time; wait until the wind is smaller or the situation is stable before talking about it.

Ding Fengxia naturally has been paying attention to the situation in Beijing; now thinking about it, what her son-in-law said is also reasonable.

This also indirectly shows that her son-in-law is a steady person, and she feels more at ease with her daughter in Beijing.

It's just that it would have been better if she had known this news earlier, so she could have let Gu Yan return to Beijing to see his sister before coming to Yangcheng.

But Gu Yan is almost here now, so what else can she do; she can only wait until Gu Yan comes to talk about it.

Her daughter is pregnant, so someone from the maternal family must go to see her, otherwise what would that be.

Even if the current situation is not good, if the old ones can't go back, can't the young ones go back?

Although the Li family is kind and wouldn't say anything if they couldn't go back for other reasons, Ding Fengxia doesn't want to wrong her daughter; when a daughter is pregnant, the mother from the maternal family must go to see her, and she must also express her heart.

This is what it's like to be a mother; otherwise, why say that children are debts.

When they are small, you hope they grow up; when they grow up, you hope they get married; everyone says that once they set up a family, the elderly will be relaxed, but look at it now, where can you be relaxed, and which matter doesn't need to be thought of and done.

A married daughter is not water thrown out; if you don't take care of her, she will lose face in her husband's family.

Looking at them as a family, sometimes the mother from the maternal family must also have a time to step forward.

Step forward to do what?

Spend money on the daughter, all kinds of nutritional supplements, all kinds of body-strengthening things, small clothes for the unborn grandson...

Don't ask why Gu Ning has only been pregnant for two months; both Liu Yin and Ding Fengxia have tacitly assumed it's a grandson in their hearts; this is tradition.