Chapter 988: Girl, Don't Cry

"Yo~ Comrade Xiaobai~"

Huang Gan greeted Zhou Xiaobai with a smile and sat opposite Li Xuewu.

Wei Qing, who came in with him, just greeted them and went to other tables.

"Brother Huang~"

Zhou Xiaobai was already very familiar with Huang Gan and the others. At this moment, she smiled unnaturally and lowered her head to eat.

Seeming to have discovered something wrong, Huang Gan raised his eyebrows at Li Xuewu, his gaze shifted toward her, and his eyes asked what was wrong.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to his winking, poked at the rice in his bowl, and asked, "How is it over at Chadian?"

"I made a special trip last week and met with their factory director and secretary."

Huang Gan became more serious when talking about work. While eating, he introduced, "They are naturally happy to have projects, but they still need to consider your opinions."

"Consider what?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Still reluctant to part with that small broken winery?"

"Don't be so aggressive~"

Huang Gan smiled and said, "Public-to-public cooperation, they are wearing hats, carrying burdens, and dragging things; they always have to walk steadily."

"However, the strength we've given is not small, and their attitude is still very positive."

"This can almost be considered poverty alleviation!"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and said, "I don't care about the specifics, but you have to give me a definite answer. This matter must be grasped."

"How to grasp it?"

Huang Gan said with amusement, "Do you want me to apply for a transfer, or do you want to be the factory director?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Xuewu curled his lips, took a sip of hot soup, and said, "The Rolling Mill's yacht project requires a large amount of wooden structures and solid wood furniture."

"And!"

He reminded earnestly, "Yachts need them, cargo ships and fishing boats need them just the same. If it's done well, I also have foreign trade orders!"

"Damn!"

Huang Gan exploded with a curse, glared, and then frowned slightly, saying, "Why didn't you say this earlier? Isn't this just cheaply benefiting them for nothing?!"

After finishing, his gaze swept across the restaurant, and he whispered to Li Xuewu, "You say... how about we change a batch of personnel in Chadian?"

"..."

Zhou Xiaobai listened from the side, only feeling that her ears were full of absurdity. Just because of one project, just because of worrying that the other party wouldn't cooperate, or... they wanted to change everyone?

Too outrageous!

It wasn't just outrageous; there was even more outrageous stuff!

Li Xuewu raised his head to look at the opposite side and asked, "How to change?"

"What do you have to exchange with others?"

Without waiting for Huang Gan to answer, Li Xuewu continued, "Burying a stake takes at least three to five years. Are you guaranteeing things five years from now?"

"Think more, don't be like having a seizure."

After eating a mouthful of rice, watching Huang Gan thinking with a frown, he reminded again, "The ones who don't listen now will still have the risk of not listening in the future."

"Then what to do?"

Huang Gan was a bit worried and couldn't eat, poking at the rice in the bowl, and said, "Is it really not afraid of making wedding dresses for others after smashing in industrial and agricultural resources?!"

"That's why I want to tell you, grasp it."

Li Xuewu moved the tableware in front of him and said softly, "Manipulating power will inevitably encounter the betrayal of power. You have to play something more advanced."

"Talk about it! What is advanced?"

Huang Gan didn't even eat his meal, put down his chopsticks, looked at Li Xuewu, and waited for his "advanced" answer.

"Advanced means winning without fighting, subduing the enemy without a battle."

Li Xuewu tapped the table, looked at him, and asked, "Do you want to think about 'seeking private gain through power' every time you encounter such problems in the future?"

Huang Gan frowned and fell silent. He naturally understood that using personnel to control the situation was the simplest and most direct way, but it also had undeniable drawbacks.

Of course, Li Xuewu's words made sense; it wasn't that he didn't understand this.

It was just that given the current situation and their shallow foundation, when facing sudden interests, the most direct consideration was the simplest one.

"This matter has to be done slowly, don't be afraid of trouble."

Li Xuewu moved the tableware aside and said softly, "As the saying goes, if you want to take it, you must first allow it. Don't be afraid of paying; be afraid that the direction is wrong."

"Hmm."

Huang Gan nodded slowly and said, "I'll communicate with my dad later; don't worry about the policy."

"Don't get involved in personnel. At least you don't have the qualifications yet."

Li Xuewu reminded, "You can't do these projects even if they are given to you. Only cooperation can lead to a win-win situation."

"And!"

After finishing this sentence, he emphasized, "Projects seek wealth, you seek power, and others seek results."

"Guide power with wealth, nourish people with power, cause and effect circulate, complementing each other."

Li Xuewu finally said, "I don't need to say what kind of identity is most suitable for intervention; actually, you know it yourself."

"Hmm."

Huang Gan nodded and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I was a bit blinded by greed~"

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu chuckled and joked, "A little bit~"

"But the matter is a good thing."

Huang Gan raised his eyebrows and said, "You're right. I'm reluctant to suffer in Chadian, and if I incite others to go, I have to bear their cause and effect."

"Not only that, the more you hold onto these projects, the more they become a burden and a chicken rib in the end."

"Especially offending the current personnel relationships, the loss outweighs the gain."

He thought for a moment and added, "Instead of this, it's better to develop the project in a cooperative relationship. Interest relationship, one is one, two is two, it's cleaner."

"Just like you said,"

Huang Gan looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said, "I can't get actual benefits from this project. The one playing chess became a chess piece instead, falling into a lower class."

"Fine, I know you're smart, don't show off in front of me."

Li Xuewu smiled and signaled to Zhou Xiaobai, who was listening in surprise, "Don't corrupt the flowers of the motherland."

"Flowers also have to face darkness, otherwise how can they bloom brilliantly in the dawn~"

Huang Gan joked with Zhou Xiaobai, "Right, Comrade Xiaobai~"

"Don't understand what you're saying~"

Zhou Xiaobai pursed her lips and smiled, scolded him, and continued eating.

Huang Gan also picked up his chopsticks and smiled, "If you want to talk about selecting and employing people, I really don't admire you."

"But!"

He curled his lips, looked at Li Xuewu, and said earnestly, "In terms of manipulating the mind, you absolutely deserve the title of master."

"Stop ruining the word 'master'!"

Li Xuewu glanced at him with disdain, then exhorted Zhou Xiaobai, "Stay away from him in the future; he's not a good person."

"Got it~"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled obediently, knowing Brother Li was deliberately teasing the other party.

The dining table didn't mention the Chadian matter again. While eating, Huang Gan talked about the situation in the detention center.

It was nothing more than the project operations in the detention center and the joint construction projects with the Xicheng Third Detention Center.

The papermaking equipment had already been marked. As long as the cooperation with Chadian was confirmed, it could be moved at any time.

During this time, he also mentioned the leave of his eldest brother, Xuewen. His wife was giving birth, so no one would stop him.

Moreover, he wasn't in prison living in the First Detention Center, and no one was watching him.

The situation at Huaqing had calmed down a bit, but because of the recent limelight in Shanghai, there were waves again.

So Li Xuewu didn't speak, and his eldest brother Xuewen didn't intend to go back to work either.

Huaqing's printing factory was still there, saying it was going to be transferred to the Xicheng Third Detention Center, and the relevant printing tasks also had to be handed over.

The Third Detention Center was outside the Second Ring Road, in the suburbs. It had a large place, its own brick factory, and a small farm, so it could be tossed around as much as it wanted.

No one said or asked where his eldest brother Xuewen would go to work, and he himself was confused.

According to Huang Gan's meaning, naturally, he still lived in the First Detention Center. He couldn't bear to let the electronic teacher leave.

Having the magnanimity to give these projects to others all relied on that small radio assembly factory.

From the current project, he mentioned the prisoners detained there.

The main ones mentioned were those involved in the biggest case in the Dongcheng this time.

Of course, those with higher levels wouldn't be detained there; there was a Qin Cheng near Beijing.

Huang Gan also mentioned it as a joke, saying that the two hundred or so people detained there were truly jumping up and down, and there was no end to the fun every day.

These people were truly magical and had boundless powers. They were deeply afraid of suffering in the labor farm, and each of them wanted to stay in the First Detention Center.

And their families or the relationships behind them were also helping. Some relationships even reached him.

Wanting care, wanting comfort, wanting to be full, and even wanting to enjoy certain treatments.

Huang Gan shook his head with amusement and said to Li Xuewu, "I really don't know what to say about them. Seeing me, they still act like before, even climbing relationships with me with smiles."

"Don't be too honest~"

Li Xuewu pointed at him and said, "People are in trouble, not buried. Don't be annoying; the fun isn't good to watch."

"Do you think I don't know?"

Huang Gan blinked and said with a bad smile, "These people are all shrewd. Naturally, they wouldn't dare send things to me, but do you know why I said I could move Chadian's personnel?"

"You're inflated~"

Li Xuewu glanced at him with amusement and said, "Even picking up trash has given you a sense of superiority~"

"Damn!"

Huang Gan looked at Li Xuewu speechlessly and said, "Your description is so damn appropriate, but can you let me eat?!"

After finishing, he said helplessly, "Can't you say something nice?"

"Wait until you become the judicial..."

Li Xuewu only said half of his words, because he had already thought that with the foundation of Huang Gan's family, plus the current achievements and age advantage, maybe there was really such a possibility in the future.

After lunch, Huang Gan left in a hurry. Having already discussed with Li Xuewu what to do, naturally, he had to execute it immediately.

Projects didn't matter, and the money earned was also public, but if he could control the Chadian farm in disguise, and if it was really done, his father would praise him as a capable son.

After Huang Gan left, Zhou Xiaobai tidied up the tableware and followed him out the door.

"Actually, I understood~"

Zhou Xiaobai put her hands in her pockets, looked up at Li Xuewu, and said, "You are using the immediate interests to let the other party follow you, right?"

Without waiting for Li Xuewu to answer, she added, "At the same time, using certain means to influence the other party's decision-making, and then using the future development of the Chadian farm and those management to restrict or tempt the other party to become your friend..."

"Am I wrong?"

Before she finished speaking, Li Xuewu was sizing her up carefully and asked with some surprise.

Li Xuewu blinked and commented on her with a serious expression, "Really underestimated you. It turns out you are so smart!"

"Oh~"

Zhou Xiaobai patted him embarrassedly and said bashfully, "I just heard you guys talking."

"Hehe~ quite powerful!"

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "At least what Huang Gan understands, you understand too, proving that what he can do, you can do too."

"Not at all~"

Zhou Xiaobai said with self-knowledge, "Brother Huang is very powerful; you guys just didn't avoid me when talking."

She looked up at Li Xuewu and asked cautiously, "Is your usual working environment also this complex?"

"I mean..."

Fearing Li Xuewu would misunderstand, she explained, "Just... just need you to use this kind of... that... means to handle it?"

"Are you trying to say insidious and cunning calculations?"

Li Xuewu asked indifferently, then nodded slowly and said, "Actually, the working environment isn't complex; what's complex is the human heart."

"That is, people have no intention to harm the tiger, but the tiger has the heart to hurt people. You understand, right?"

"I understand!"

Zhou Xiaobai nodded earnestly, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "I understand what you mean. It's about being on guard, or striking first, right?"

"About the same, maybe a bit more ruthless."

Li Xuewu pinched his chin and said with a bad smile, "Sometimes I will also calculate against others for the sake of certain interest relationships, and even... take action in more serious cases."

Hearing Li Xuewu talk about calculating and taking action, Zhou Xiaobai's eyes widened, and then she nodded understandingly.

"You don't need to be afraid~"

Li Xuewu sized her up and said with a smile, "Actually, I'm not a good person either~"

"Pfft~"

Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh, then covered her mouth, nodded, and smiled, acknowledging Li Xuewu's words.

Li Xuewu tilted his head, looked at her earnestly, and said, "Actually, I heard the words you said earlier."

"What...?"

Zhou Xiaobai was slightly stunned, and only then did she understand that Li Xuewu was talking about her "confession" before Huang Gan came.

At this moment, seeing Li Xuewu suddenly point this out, although they were near the flower hall and there was no one else around, she still couldn't help but lower her head and blush.

"That... I... actually..."

"It's not your fault~"

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Actually, it's my fault, giving you an illusion and misunderstanding."

"No!"

Zhou Xiaobai raised her head suddenly, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "I was... I was..."

She wanted to say it was all her own willingness, but looking at the sincerity in Li Xuewu's eyes, she couldn't say it no matter what.

Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said understandingly, "Youth is priceless, and youth has infinitely many possibilities, allowing you to squander, feel, and understand yourself at will."

"My youth was even bolder than yours, even more reckless, and without any scruples."

"Of course, I can allow myself to be reckless in my youth, but the current me cannot be irresponsible."

"Especially toward young you."

Li Xuewu looked at her sincerely and said, "What you want, I can no longer give; what I can give, you will possess in the future."

Just as Zhou Xiaobai's face turned pale and there was mist in her eyes, he still said firmly, "Flowers that bloom in a hurry, although beautiful, also have the danger of dying young."

"I..."

Zhou Xiaobai only felt her throat was dry and uncomfortable, choking to the point she couldn't even speak.

It was truly like a traveler who had walked for a long time in the desert, with no moisture in her body, on the verge of withering and dying.

His words were straightforward and a bit heartless. While feeling heartache, she was also a bit lost.

"Your youth is just right, budding and beautiful. However, what you met is a bad guy who has schemes, loves to calculate, and is insidious and cunning."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows with a smile and said earnestly, "The mistake of this bad guy is making you have the illusion or fantasy of being moved, but girl, that is not love."

After finishing, without paying attention to the girl who was already crying into a tearful person, he turned and walked toward the parking lot.

Being heartless doesn't mean being unfeeling; it's the most responsible farewell to you.

The moment Zhou Xiaobai confessed to him in a roundabout way, the relationship between the two had already been clarified by her, and the result was naturally destined to be what it was now.

Li Xuewu is a person who is extremely responsible for his family and absolutely loyal to his other half.

You can say he is fickle, you can say he is romantic, and you can even examine his marriage, saying he doesn't really love Gu Ning.

However, he is responsible for his promises and responsible for the words he once said.

Compared to couples who live together because of traditional concepts, marriage rituals, living habits, and others' opinions, Li Xuewu and Gu Ning live clearly and freely.

Gu Ning feels he is okay, is the other half that the family likes and she can accept. Even if there is a generation gap between the two, they still respect each other like guests.

Li Xuewu experienced the Lin Tingting incident and also clearly understood that the other half of life might not be the one you love most, or the one who loves you most, but it should be the most suitable one to be with.

So even if there are Lou Xiaoe, Qin Huairu, Yu Li... many good women he met.

Regardless of whether there are feelings or not, or what the relationship is, he can clearly recognize his own needs and express his requests to the other party.

The "three-no" principle is not without principles, and Li Xuewu is not a low-class scumbag.

Any dangerous relationship that wants to touch his bottom line, he can make a ruthless refusal.

Just like he thought, if a girl needs experience, needs life experience, needs a process of growth, and needs his help, he is naturally willing.

But if this girl mistakes friendship for love, he is powerless.

Zhou Xiaobai is still young, hasn't experienced the disillusionment of fantasy, and hasn't suffered the bitterness of love or the wounds of emotion, so she naturally feels love is greater than everything.

What's even more terrifying is that she mistakes the moving and illusion in her heart for the future and wants a lifetime. Li Xuewu can't afford that.

In this world, he dares to let anyone down, except for a young girl's heart and a young woman's righteousness.

People like Ou Xin, who are a few years older than Zhou Xiaobai, are much smarter. Although they haven't been in direct contact with society, their circle is a small society.

Having seen more and understood more, they naturally know very well what the bottom line and degree are for playing with these "big brothers."

You can hug and kiss, you can be ambiguous and play around, but you can't move your heart or use your feelings.

Huang Gan and the others all have families, have lovers, and married men have long since had no soil for love in their hearts.

So no matter how ambiguous Pei Pei is with Huang Gan, she has never told him she wants to be together, or forced him to be responsible for anything.

From beginning to end, this is a friendship, an interaction with the meaning of mutual help.

Li Xuewu and Huang Gan and the others are not upright gentlemen, nor are they Liu Xiahui.

But they are all people with bottom lines and principles. What can be eaten, what will make you have a bad stomach if eaten, without this sense of proportion, how could you enter this circle?

Is Zhou Xiaobai wrong?

No, Li Xuewu just said very earnestly, the mistake isn't hers, but his own.

Not to mention Zhou Xiaobai's identity and background, just as a girl who hasn't entered society, Li Xuewu must show her the most basic respect.

If Zhou Xiaobai didn't have today's words, maybe in the future she would be like Ou Xin and the others, learning life experience beside these big brothers and understanding the warmth and coldness of human feelings.

When leaving, one can't say what one has, but when facing the choice of a marriage partner in the future, one dares to say one hasn't lost anything here.

There is also a possibility of developing better, or with the help of family relationships, or with the help of the club's power, being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

By that time, everyone will give them the attention and concern they deserve.

If Zhou Xiaobai chooses to have a personal relationship with Li Xuewu or deep interaction by then, that's another matter.

Simply put, Li Xuewu can't rely on his own experience to harm a young girl.

His words were heartless, but Zhou Xiaobai heard them in her heart and understood his true feelings.

Passion is always troubled by heartlessness; it is said to be heartless, but it has feelings.

The cold wind in winter blew away the tears in the girl's eyes, melted the cold ice in her heart, and blew away the haze that had risen suddenly.

Just as Li Xuewu was about to open the car door to get in, he suddenly heard a shout from behind.

"Hey! You bad guy!"

He looked back and saw Zhou Xiaobai smiling and crying, wiping her tears as she shouted at him: "I just happen to want to learn how a bad guy is trained, is that okay?"

"Okay!"

Li Xuewu suddenly smiled, waved at Zhou Xiaobai, and said: "Don't learn too fast. Learning well isn't easy, but learning bad is just a slip."

After finishing, he nodded, opened the car door, and got into the command car.

Zhao Lao Si, who was opening the big gate at the door, was muttering in his heart. Zhou Xiaobai's shout just now startled him.

This girl usually looks quite smart, why did she go crazy today and shout "bad guy" at Deputy Director Li?!

And she wants to learn how a bad guy is trained!

How can a bad guy be trained? School teachers didn't teach it, and predecessors on the road didn't talk about it.

He is a famous bad guy in the Dongcheng area; how could he not know how a bad guy is trained?!

A bad guy is a bad guy!

Li Xuewu didn't waste his Sunday afternoon. First, he went home to see his eldest sister-in-law.

The eldest brother had put down his books and was organizing the certificates and materials needed under the eldest sister-in-law's command.

The couple had nothing to do, so they started preparing for the child's household registration.

However, there is a prerequisite for household registration, which is to give the child a name.

Naming is truly a troublesome matter; the more cultured the family, the more troublesome it is.

If you talk about ordinary families, those who didn't have conditions before, they would call them whatever sounded good.

Or responding to the call of the times, boys are called Ge, Jun, Guo, all are fine; girls are called Shu, Fang, Ya, Xiu, all are fine.

Those without culture, anything is fine, just call them whatever they see when they go out, such as Bian Dan, Mu Tou, Chu Tou, etc.

Of course, these are all jokes. The reason for the difficulty in naming for families with more culture is mostly due to the fear of choice.

Not paying attention before naming, but when it really comes to naming the child, everything looks good, everything looks inappropriate.

Five elements and eight trigrams, strange gates and hidden armor, everything must be considered, even relating to the child's fate, there are many things to say.

The names in the Li family genealogy have a characteristic, which is that two-character and one-character names are used alternately every generation.

For example, the generation of father Li Shun all have single names, and the second and third uncles are the same.

By the generation of Li Xuewen and Li Xuewu, they are double characters. Girls are not in the genealogy and are not restricted by the rules, so Li Xue is a single character.

According to the rules, it is now the turn to name Li Xuewen's child, so a single character must be used again.

A single character is even harder than a double character because it must express the parents' and family's hope with one character, must fit the birth date and time, and must not violate taboos or conflicts with the surname.

The taboos here, besides being a bit mysterious, also include the names of elders and relatives.

For example, when Li Xuewen names his child, he must avoid the names of all direct relatives in Li Shun's generation and his own generation; they cannot be used.

Shun, Gan, Tong.

Xuewen, Xuewu, Xuecai, Xue, Juan, Xueli, Xuehan cannot be used.

Including the names of the women in the family like the old lady, Liu Yin, and Zhao Yafang, they cannot be used either.

It can be said that there are many restrictions and high requirements. Eldest brother Xuewen held a dictionary and had to pick out all the characters he liked, writing them on a large piece of paper.

And then?

Then it had nothing to do with him. In the matter of naming, his family status was fully reflected.

The preliminary selection was his responsibility. Did he still want the final decision?

That would make him inflated!

The second round of screening had to be agreed upon by the women in the family and Li Shun, and had to obtain Zhao Yafang's affirmation.

Finally, it had to take care of Li Shu's name, preparing two alternatives, one for a boy and one for a girl.

What?

You say Gu Ning is also about to give birth?

Why not name them together?

Impossible. After Gu Ning gives birth, such a process must be repeated. What is needed is this laborious sense of ritual.

Li Xuewu saw his eldest brother scratching his head and flipping through the dictionary, his mouth still discussing with his eldest sister-in-law which was good and which was not, smiled, and hid away.

Mother Liu Yin was also listening, as if naming was a very sacred and crucial matter for the family.

Going home once, he sent some nutritional supplements and brought a basket of eggs, which were prepared for the eldest sister-in-law to produce milk.

At this time, his mother didn't complain about him spending money randomly anymore; for the arrival of the family's eldest son and eldest grandson, she was willing to give anything.

Li Xuewu wasn't jealous of this. Their family wasn't some high-gate courtyard or deep-mansion rich family from before, with family property that needed to be fought over.

Even if there was a fight, his father Li Shun only had one wife, and all three sons were legitimate, so what kind of house fighting could there be?

Without that, the family assets were just this much, Li Xuewu didn't look down on it, and he wasn't jealous that his eldest brother's child was the eldest son and eldest grandson.

The sign of a family's prosperity is the prosperity of the people. With people, there is hope, and there is a future.

Looking at Gu Ning's appearance, she felt annoyed after being pregnant with this one, and didn't know if she would want another one.

If she really only gave birth to one for him, could he go find someone else to give birth to for the sake of prosperity? Absolutely impossible.

So he only hoped that his eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law would have nothing to do for these few years and just play at having children at home.

The more the better. The Li family is united, and everyone's children are treated as their own.

Just like Li Xuecai, wait two years for education to recover, and hurry up to settle the graduation certificate and work.

Seize the tail of these few years, get married early with Ji Yuxiu, and have children early.

He is truly willing to go all out. For the sake of prosperity, he couldn't bear to let Gu Ning suffer, so he only hoped his eldest brother and third brother would work hard.

He called Shen Guodong to accompany him, loaded a car of vegetables and fruits, and packed some dried fruits, frozen fish, and frozen meat, and sent them to Han Shu's home.

Han Shu had been to Steel City many times in these few months, and her concern for Dong Wenxue had also increased.

Seeing Li Xuewu send things over again, she didn't be polite anymore, just insisted on keeping the two for tea.

During this time, she mentioned the communication from Vice President Pei Dayu of the Steel Institute last time. The school had been preparing and researching this matter.

Han Shu's meaning was to let Li Xuewu not be anxious. The current situation was particularly complex and dangerous for the school.

It wasn't that Pei Dayu was vague in his work; he was actively promoting this work, but he wasn't the president, and the school wasn't his.

Li Xuewu didn't care. Regarding the construction of the vocational technical school, the Rolling Mill had already started preparing the plan.

According to the plan, the first batch of students would be recruited in July, school would start in September, and the technical training integrated education would be officially launched.

Pei Dayu's work promotion didn't interfere with or delay the progress of the Rolling Mill's plan.

Li Xuewu also expressed his attitude to Han Shu. Time could be given, but there must be a plan, no later than May this year.

If the Steel Institute couldn't do this, he didn't mind finding other schools, or even digging teachers from these schools to teach.

Take Huaqing University as an example; how many teachers and graduating college students are idle now? As long as you use relationships, it's not hard to solve the problem of educational resources.

Han Shu being able to express her stance meant that Pei Dayu was really operating this matter.

Don't underestimate this kind of cooperation. The Rolling Mill can not only provide support in the direction of the factory for Pei Dayu, but also has a natural name.

The old worker brother still has some strength in speaking at this time, which can be considered an outlet found by Pei Dayu that can be practiced.

You can't really let the students in the school graze sheep.

When leaving Han Shu's home, she also mentioned Li Xuewu's studies, urging him not to forget to study, especially since the school had prepared to arrange for teachers to teach him separately.

Li Xuewu promised with a bitter smile, knowing that this graduation certificate had to be obtained, at least to have a graduation name on the list of outstanding alumni of the Steel Institute, rather than a dropout.

"piu~piu~!"

Li Xuewu had just entered the house when he was shot by his daughter.

Li Shu didn't know where she got the machine gun, held it in her hand, imitated the action of firing, and fired several shots at the "Ba Ba" who entered the door.

Li Xuewu cooperated with his daughter's attack with amusement, made a fainting action, making Li Shu giggle non-stop.

After picking up Li Shu from the ground, changing his slippers, and entering the room, he saw Qin Jingru was tidying up the room, so he asked with a smile: "Who taught her?"

"Saw it in the pictorial."

Qin Jingru was tidying up the sofa, raised her head, replied with a smile, and then complained somewhat arduously: "You're finally back, hurry up. She's been making a fuss with me all afternoon, and I haven't finished my work."

"Where's Jiankun?"

Li Xuewu held his daughter and looked around, but didn't see Han Jiankun who had come to the house in the morning.

Qin Jingru straightened her waist and shook it, saying: "Went to the market. The seasonings at home aren't enough, so I let him run to a few more places to buy enough."

At this time, the supply and marketing system was also strange. Single-store purchases are limited, unless you run to a few more places.

The rice, flour, grain, and oil at home were all prepared by Li Xuewu, and he often brought fruits and vegetables home, so what was missing was just some seasonings.

Qin Jingru wanted to tidy up the room, so naturally, she delegated Han Jiankun to run the errands; he was her little soldier.

Li Xuewu said with amusement: "If you had said so earlier, I would have just taken them from the factory service department."

"Who thought of that~"

Qin Jingru walked into the bedroom near the door and signaled inside, saying: "I've tidied up the first floor. You and Sister Aunt Xiao Ning will live here today."

After introducing, she reminded worriedly: "You must be careful at night, don't sleep too deeply, be careful if the amniotic fluid breaks and you don't know."

"How to be careful about this?"

Li Xuewu said with a bitter smile: "I can't set an alarm clock and get up to check every half hour."

"Look at you~ still a big leader~"

Qin Jingru teased: "There's no such thing as checking every half hour for taking care of a pregnant woman. Saying to be careful is to be afraid that Sister Aunt Xiao Ning will have a reaction and call you, but you won't get up."

"Sigh~"

Li Xuewu sighed and said to his daughter: "This family still has to rely on Dad; without Dad, nothing can be done~"

"Eww~~~"

Qin Jingru curled her lips with disdain and teased: "Don't let you do anything, you really say a lot~"

Saying this, Gu Ning supported the stairs and walked down from the second floor. Her steps were slow, but she walked steadily.

She had a good body, was young, and pregnancy didn't limit her actions much.

It was just that Qin Jingru reminded her a lot at home, plus her mother's concern and care on the phone every three days, making her afraid to act recklessly.

Otherwise, just based on Li Xuewu not caring about her big movements, she would have insisted on going to work long ago.

The mother-in-law was actually worried about her, but was afraid that if she said too much, she would be annoyed, so even if Li Xuewu gave her the greatest understanding, she didn't dare to move around casually.

Actually, pregnancy can involve exercise, but there are certain risks. Li Xuewu had seen someone seven months pregnant kicking a sandbag, and even someone eight months pregnant playing rafting and swimming in the sea.

Foreign women who rest for one night after giving birth and go on a treadmill the next day are not uncommon.

If you want to talk about it, this is having conditions. Qin Jingru's mother, when she was pregnant with a big belly and was about to give birth, wasn't she still following the production team to work in the fields, not delaying anything.

In the countryside, especially at this time, in places where ideological concepts are relatively backward, pregnancy doesn't equal a vacation.

Even those who go to work in the fields right after giving birth are not uncommon, because if you don't work, you won't have food.

Everyone knows the importance of health, and everyone knows that a woman giving birth is a life-and-death situation, but those who truly value it are still few.

Li Xuewu understands and values it, but he considers science more and respects Gu Ning's profession more.

He came from the army, and now if you let him engage in management, economy, and security, there is no problem.

But if you let him talk about childbirth and medicine, even if he has knowledge and experience, can he talk better than Gu Ning, a surgeon?

This isn't making a fuss!

So Li Xuewu didn't say anything about what Gu Ning should do. He reminded what should be reminded, and comforted what should be comforted. Giving her relaxation and stress reduction is better than anything else.

Women's endocrine disorders during pregnancy, unstable emotions, are very easy to become irritable.

Gu Ning's personality is still okay; she doesn't say anything, but what's scary is that she doesn't say anything.

It's inconvenient to go up and down the second floor. The night before last, before going to bed, Li Xuewu took the initiative to mention moving downstairs to live.

Although Gu Ning felt that going up and down the stairs didn't matter, thinking that Li Xuewu hadn't said anything to her for such a long time, she agreed.

The couple talked well, everything could be discussed, and there was no dominance or random teasing.

This wasn't it. Qin Jingru, who had long had this suggestion, got Li Xuewu's news and tidied up the room downstairs today.

The old lady's things were all taken away, and the luggage was moved down from upstairs.

It was just living there, so clothes and such were still upstairs. If Li Xuewu wanted to work and read, he had to go to the second floor.

Gu Ning looked at the bedroom on the first floor, and when Qin Jingru asked her what else she needed, she shook her head, indicating it was okay.

Qin Jingru had long wanted to remind her, but didn't dare to say this, so she could only quietly mention it to Li Xuewu.

After tidying up today, fearing Gu Ning would have opinions, she did her best.

Li Shu saw her little bed was also moved down, and thought this was a

By the time Li Xuewu discovered something was wrong with his daughter, Li Shu's tears were already falling.

"It's not that you're sleeping alone; you're still sleeping with Mom and Dad."

Li Xuewu coaxed her, unable to laugh or cry: "You, Dad, and Mom are all sleeping in this room; it's not just you alone."

"Okay~"

Li Shu hugged his neck, and seeing he was serious, she broke into a smile through her tears.

Qin Jingru tapped Li Shu's little hand and teased her: "Look at your little mind, why do you have so many thoughts!"

Li Xuewu coaxed his daughter, who was hiding in his arms, and then helped Gu Ning to the sofa to rest.

After Qin Jingru went to the kitchen, he asked: "Did Sister Zhou send a letter to the house? It seems she said she's coming to the capital next week."

"She said it the day before yesterday~"

Gu Ning frowned slightly, thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "She said she has work and will stop by to see me."

"She's just worried about you~"

Li Xuewu took her teacup and filled it with warm water for her, saying: "Yu Li mentioned it to me when I went to the club today, saying she's coming to recruit people."

"Oh~"

Gu Ning nodded, took a sip of warm water, and said: "I told Jingru to prepare the room upstairs for her; she's bringing the child."

"I don't know, she probably is."

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said: "The recruitment matter is also being handled by the Steel City side; they didn't tell me."

Gu Ning glanced at him, and seeing him sit down beside her while holding the child, she reminded him softly: "Are you prepared for the Tianjin side?"

"Prepared for what?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, not understanding what Gu Ning meant.

Gu Ning frowned and said: "Production requires a lot of things; what will she do alone?"

"Oh! That matter."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I have arranged for someone to be over there, as for the things... I don't know."

Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu, who didn't know anything, lowered her head helplessly, and said: "I asked Jingru to prepare a set; find a way to send it over."

As she said this, she sniffled and added: "The child has to have the surname Li, right?"