Chapter 999: Sharing the burden equally

"Oh, you're back."

"Hey, what is this?"

As soon as Li Xuewu parked the car, a neighbor greeted him while he was getting out.

Nowadays, there was no longer any emphasis on titles; it was just that others called him "you," and he called them "you" in return.

The man smiled and pointed at the supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance, his eyes fixed on Li Xuewu's command vehicle, the envy in his gaze remaining unchanged.

As the saying goes, "In books, one finds jade-like beauty; in books, one finds golden houses." The children of the Li family could be said to have truly realized these two things.

Although it was no longer news that Li Xuewu commuted by car, in the eyes of the neighbors, this was a sign of power and influence.

Look at their child; he is excellent at his studies, and the wife he found is also top-tier.

Seeing Li Shun these past few days, even a man as honest and cautious as him had started to grin.

The Li family had added a new member, with the birth of the eldest son and eldest grandson, adding another layer of hope to this rising family.

Li Xuewu walked into the courtyard. After the neighbors greeted him, they asked when his wife would be giving birth.

The reason for this was that the eldest daughter-in-law, Zhao Yafang, had returned home today, and the neighboring women had all gone over to sit for a while.

In this day and age, giving birth was a matter of some significance. Relatives aside, those with good relationships would always send some gifts.

Of course, in the dead of winter, there wasn't much to send, unless the family raised chickens and could save up some eggs.

Other than that, one could only buy some apples or something else at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Someone might ask, isn't the Li family not very sociable and rarely interacts with neighbors? Why are people still rushing to visit?

This depends on how you look at it. The old master of the Li family passed away early, and the old lady raised the children by herself.

Although Li Shun was able to earn money at that time, the pillar of the family had collapsed; what kind of effect would that have?

The lack of interaction with neighbors was precisely a reflection of the old lady's conservative nature.

Even later, when Li Shun got married and took charge of the family, the habits of living life in this household were passed down.

But with the family flourishing and talent emerging, you might not want too much interaction with the outside world, but you can't stop others from wanting to interact with you.

Especially the neighbors living right at the doorstep; being close to the water, they get the moonlight first. Seeing the Li family rising, who wouldn't want to build some rapport?

When Li Xuewu entered the house, there were still a few women inside chatting, and there were several baskets of eggs on the stove at the entrance.

Not many, eight or ten, but in this day and age, it was truly a generous gift.

Li Xuewu just glanced at them, not paying much mind, and smiled as he greeted the aunts and older women in the room.

Seeing him enter, the women in the room smiled and responded, then after a few words, they stood up, saying they still had things to do at home.

Liu Yin also stood up with them, smiling and trying to keep them, but how could these women not know that the most capable son of the Li family had returned and they needed to talk?

Letting his mother see the guests out, Li Xuewu first greeted his father, then smiled and asked his eldest brother, "Why aren't you coaxing the baby?"

Li Xuewen gave a silly laugh, glanced at the inner room, and said, "He's sleeping, snoring away."

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu chuckled and sat down beside him, his back to the room where his eldest sister-in-law was, and said, "How are you feeling now? Still floating on air?"

Li Xuewen felt a bit embarrassed by his second brother's teasing. It was that day at the hospital; he was truly too excited and almost fell when walking down the steps.

After teasing his eldest brother, Li Xuewu looked at his father and asked, "Has the name been decided?"

Li Shun glanced at his son, then at his eldest son, holding his teacup without speaking, clearly not very satisfied with his eldest grandson's name.

Li Xuewu winked at his eldest brother, the mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth impossible to hide.

Li Xuewen was furious. So you came home specifically to watch me make a fool of myself, right?!

Why say "don't call the eldest brother the second brother"? The two brothers were actually neither of them honest.

Seeing Li Xuewu's mischievous smile, Li Xuewen raised his eyebrows and asked pointedly, "Xuewu, have you named your child?"

"Me?"

Li Xuewu clearly felt the gaze from his father, which carried seriousness and insistence.

How dared he tell the truth at this moment? He narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled, replying, "I'm not in a hurry."

"Besides~"

Just as his eldest brother was about to needle him, Li Xuewu added, "When it comes to naming a child, I'm not good at it."

Saying this, he raised his hand to gesture toward his father, who was pretending to drink tea, and said, "But if we're talking about naming, it has to be Dad. Look at how nice Li Shu's name sounds."

He was truly malicious. After saying this, he raised his eyebrows at his eldest brother and asked with feigned surprise and seriousness, "Eldest brother, did you ask Dad when you named your child?"

You brat! How dare you deceive me!

Take this meteor hammer from me!

Li Xuewen's eyes widened, wishing he could give his second brother a punch right now!

At this moment, he also clearly felt that the gaze his father, sitting over there, was casting at him already held disdain.

That's right, after his father returned, he went to the hospital the first thing to see his eldest grandson.

Everything was truly perfect. Just as he was thinking about naming his eldest grandson, he heard Li Xuewen calling the child Tangtang.

What kind of... name is that!

Li Xuewen hadn't noticed his old father's dissatisfaction at first; it wasn't until his father left and Zhao Yafang reminded him that he knew.

Returning home today, his father looked at him with nothing but contempt.

Now that his second brother had mentioned it, Li Xuewen clearly felt his father's growing dissatisfaction with him.

Especially when his second brother mentioned that Li Shu's name was nice-sounding, smooth, and had deep meaning, and that his father was the one with the culture.

He really wanted to tear his second brother's mouth apart now!

"What are the three of you doing?"

Liu Yin returned after seeing the neighbors off, followed by the old lady and Li Xue.

As soon as she entered, she saw the expressions of the three men. Li Shun was holding his teacup with a face full of displeasure, and Li Xuewen was sitting there with his head down, not saying a word.

Only Li Xuewu was still babbling on about how his father was learned and good at naming.

How could Liu Yin not tell who was good and who was bad? It turned out there was a troublemaker in the family.

"Go on~ stop stirring up trouble~"

She slapped her son, who was smiling mischievously, and she also laughed out loud.

She rubbed her eldest son's shoulder and said to him, "Don't listen to your brother's teasing; your dad doesn't care about this at all."

Saying this, she glanced at Li Shun and added, "Not to mention that calling him Li Tang is quite good. No matter what, he's your dad's eldest grandson, the apple of his eye."

"Exactly~ exactly~"

Seeing that the fire hadn't been lit, Li Xuewu shifted the wind and started blowing toward his mother.

"Calling him Li Tang is so grand; there's no problem with the name. Dad just feels that you didn't discuss it with him when you had something to do. Look at how this was handled!"

"Second brother! ~"

Li Xue teased amusingly, "Do you feel uncomfortable if Dad doesn't beat Eldest Brother up? ~"

"Go on, don't talk nonsense. I'm doing this for Eldest Brother's own good."

Li Xuewu teased with a smile, "This time Eldest Brother dared to act on his own to name the child; next time, who knows..."

"You'd better stop!"

Liu Yin almost reached out to cover her son's mouth. Unable to beat her son, she laughed and slapped him again, scolding, "That mouth of yours! Who did you take after!"

"I took after my mom~"

Li Xuewu saw his eldest brother winking at him in surrender, so he smiled and changed the subject, teasing his mother, "Who doesn't know that my mom is eloquent and has a golden tongue."

"You~"

Liu Yin smiled and tapped her son's forehead, saying, "Hurry up and set a good example for your daughter!"

"My daughter? That~"

Li Xuewu grinned and said to them, "Yesterday, she was arguing for a long time with the little chick that jumped onto the windowsill from the backyard. She's not one to suffer a loss."

"You two are exactly the same!"

Li Xue pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "What will happen when she grows up?"

"She can't learn from me; she has to learn from her little aunt."

Seeing Li Xue interrupt, Li Xuewu immediately turned the topic to her, saying, "Sensible and capable; she'll definitely find a good husband in the future."

"Ah!"

Li Xue shyly scolded, then walked behind her second brother and gave him a hard push.

She looked at her father a bit unnaturally, very afraid that the family would be anxious to find her a partner.

Li Shun, however, had no such intention. His daughter was still young, and he couldn't bear to see her marry so early.

As for his second son's playfulness, he didn't care at all.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, he coughed and looked up, asking, "Where's the third one?"

"She went to Yuxiu's house."

Liu Yin explained, "Her sister-in-law is also pregnant. Thinking that the two of them are back, she went over to see her together."

"Oh."

Li Shun nodded and asked again, "Didn't you take anything?"

"We did, we took eggs."

Liu Yin walked to the stove, tidied up the eggs left by the neighbors, and said with worry, "This time we accepted gifts from others, we'll have to remember to return them later."

"Reciprocity, isn't that what it means?"

The old lady sat on the chair, watching her daughter-in-law tidy up, nodded slowly, and said, "You can't just nail the door shut when living life; what would that become?"

Thinking of what she said, recalling the days she spent with her son in the past, the old lady was also filled with emotion.

Especially seeing the brothers getting along now, the descendants flourishing, and each one of them being promising, she couldn't be happier.

Li Xuewu didn't want the old lady to be sad, so he changed the subject and asked, "Everything went well at the hospital these past few days, right?"

"What could go wrong~"

Liu Yin finished tidying up, glanced at him, and scolded, "If you ask me, it was superfluous to invite Aunt Jia from the backyard."

Saying this, she felt she had lost the old lady's face, so she added, "Xuewen and I were busy enough."

"Why suffer that fatigue?"

Li Xuewu leaned against the sewing machine and said to his mother, "In this cold weather, even eating a meal is difficult. It's better to have an extra pair of hands to help."

"Is that help for free?"

Liu Yin felt a bit pained by the money and urged, "Don't be so extravagant in the future. How embarrassing it is for people to hear that."

"What's embarrassing about this?"

Li Xuewu saw his mother speaking, and his eldest brother was just about to take money out of his pocket to give him. He held his eldest brother's hand down and said to his mother, "My family has needs. Asking people for help doesn't mean I owe them favors. I'm willing to spend money. Who says I'm embarrassing?"

After finishing, he patted his eldest brother's hand, not letting him be polite, and curled his lips, saying, "Rest yourself!"

Li Xuewen was thinking of giving this money to his second brother. Since the hospital, Zhao Yafang had urged him to find time to return the money to his second brother.

Helping to arrange the hospital was hard enough; this money for finding someone to help shouldn't be paid by Li Xuewu.

This has nothing to do with who earns more or less; it's a matter of principle for brothers.

Li Xuewu didn't want his eldest brother's money. It really wasn't about being extravagant because he had money; it was entirely to ensure his mother wouldn't be tired, and his eldest brother and sister-in-law would be relaxed.

Liu Yin understood that her son cared for her, but spending ten yuan in less than four days was truly a waste.

Calculating it as two and a half yuan a day, who would dare to hire someone like that? If it got out, people would think she, the mother-in-law, wasn't willing to serve her daughter-in-law.

Li Xuewu saw his mother's awkward expression, stood up, put his arms around her shoulders, and said, "Stop letting your imagination run wild!"

After finishing, he pressed his mother to sit down, and at the same time sat aside and persuaded, "Do you think my eldest sister-in-law wants you to be tired?"

"In our own family, how you get along with my eldest sister-in-law, with Xiao Ning, and with Yuxiu, no one can say a bad word about you."

"If you ask me, don't mention that Eldest Sister-in-law doesn't let you work hard; even when Xiao Ning gives birth, I won't let you be tired!"

Li Xuewu held his mother's hand and said, "Raising us brothers and our little sister was hard enough for you. If we let you be tired when we have children, it wouldn't be others criticizing you; it would be criticizing us!"

Liu Yin looked at Li Shun. Seeing that her old partner didn't say anything about this matter, she had no choice but to tap Li Xuewu's forehead and say, "Only you know how to talk!"

"Hi~ isn't it just that I know how to talk~"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Eldest Sister-in-law was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to the eldest son and eldest grandson. She's a hero. She and Eldest Brother care for you and are afraid you'll overthink it, right, Eldest Brother?"

"Ah, yes!"

Li Xuewen smiled and said, "Yafang also said that inviting someone is the right thing to do. No amount of money can replace your good health if you're tired."

"Good~ good~ good~"

Liu Yin saw that both sons were filial, so she laughed and said repeatedly, "You really think your mom is made of porcelain and can't handle fatigue."

"Look at what you're saying~"

Li Xuewu patted his mother's hand, shook his head slightly, gestured outside the door, and asked, "Is Aunt Jia from the backyard still helping?"

"She is, how much is enough~!"

Liu Yin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Needless to say, she's been helping me busy all along. When the baby cries at night, she's the one who takes the initiative to hold and coax him. She's been fine."

"That's fine then~"

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "This proves that the person wasn't invited in vain. At least look at how much more relaxed you are now."

"Look at you~"

Liu Yin scolded, "You haven't seen how happy she is. Earning ten yuan in four days, she wanted to take a radio to shout about it when she got back."

It wasn't that Liu Yin was exaggerating. Jia Zhangshi returned with the Li family this morning, and it was just as she described.

Returning from the West Courtyard to the Li family, after sitting for a while and seeing that there was nothing to do here, Jia Zhangshi walked home.

Just on this short stretch of road, whenever someone greeted her, the topic would inevitably be led by her to this matter.

"Going out, Auntie?"

"Yes, I came back by car."

Jia Zhangshi's answer was completely irrelevant. If the other person said one more word, no matter what they said, her reply would inevitably be: "Yes, isn't this because I went to help the Li family serve Yafang~"

This address of "Yafang" was what she called her following Liu Yin in the hospital. Zhao Yafang also responded, and she had truly solidified this intimate relationship.

How could calling her by anything else be as intimate as calling her by name? Especially since she went to serve Zhao Yafang during her delivery; what kind of intimate relationship must that be?

Generally speaking, shouldn't it be the mother from the maternal family who comes? She was almost closer than the mother from the maternal family.

You ask again?

If you ask again, she would talk about how much importance she was given in the hospital these days and how polite the doctors and nurses were to her.

You don't even need to ask again; her final step was to show off the good things Liu Yin had packed for her before she left.

Look! I said I didn't want it, I was just helping out, but Liu Yin insisted on giving it!

After saying these things, she would definitely praise the harmony between the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Why?

She also knew that her bragging wasn't taxed, but she couldn't let the Li family be unhappy.

Anyway, everything she said was the truth, and she wasn't afraid of others coming to confront her. She did go to the hospital in Li Xuewu's car, and she did come back in a car.

The doctors and nurses in the hospital were indeed very polite to her, and the things in her bag were indeed given by the Li family. So what?

Actually, she was overthinking it. Given how she had done her best in the hospital for these three or four days, no one in the Li family would say anything.

You see Liu Yin nagging about spending money, but she still packed a lot of things for her, and Zhao Yafang wanted to spend this money herself, saying it was very worth it.

This shows that she really put in the effort when helping, and she couldn't let the Li family be dissatisfied, couldn't let Li Xuewu, who paid the money, be dissatisfied, and even more so couldn't let Qin Huairu at home be dissatisfied.

After this set of words, people would smile and nod, saying she really had face to be invited to help the Li family.

This was the moment Jia Zhangshi was most proud. If it weren't for the fact that she was home after passing the second gate and the neighbors in the courtyard were just those few, she would have wanted to circle the courtyard three or four times before going back.

Li Xuewu only sat at home for a while. Shen Guodong returned early in the afternoon and called him to the inverted house to talk for a while.

When it was past four in the afternoon and the sun was about to set, he took his parents and drove home.

Before leaving, Li Xue helped load some nutritional supplements Liu Yin wanted to take, as well as the specialties Li Shun brought down from the mountain.

Just then, she saw Comrade Ge Shuqin, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family opposite, coming out of the main room holding the baby, her expression still looking bad.

She wasn't one to gossip, but as a young girl, she just felt she couldn't look up to the way the family opposite lived their lives.

Before closing the car door, she mentioned it to her second brother, but didn't think much of it afterward and returned to the courtyard.

"Sigh, it's been noisy for several days~"

In the car, Liu Yin sat in the back seat and nagged to Li Xuewu, who was driving: "The day Yafang gave birth, I heard noise from opposite. Your grandma said it didn't stop for half the night."

"Who?"

Li Xuewu was too lazy to talk about their family's affairs, but since his mother brought it up, he couldn't just ignore her.

Hearing his son ask, Liu Yin curled her lips and said: "It's their Yan Jiefang, acting like he wants to die."

"Is that so~"

Li Xuewu drove and looked at the road, responding to his mother: "Didn't it look quite good before?"

"You weren't home~"

Liu Yin held the passenger seat and narrated: "I don't know if Yafang giving birth made them feel unbalanced, so they started looking for trouble."

"That Yan Jiefang, he acted up with his dad, insisting on being with his sister-in-law, tsk tsk~"

Speaking of this, Liu Yin also felt that Yan Jiefang shouldn't have done that.

"His brother Yan Jiecheng hasn't been gone for long, and he's not even afraid of that~"

"Stop meddling in their family's affairs."

Li Shun raised his hand and patted Liu Yin, saying: "You're just willing to listen to him."

"Am I willing?"

Liu Yin turned her head and scolded: "Last night when sleeping, didn't you hear the howling from opposite?"

"Is it that noisy?"

Li Xuewu didn't want his mother and father to quarrel because of this, so he took the initiative to pick up the topic: "What about the Third Master? Doesn't he care?"

"Him? He has the heart, but he needs the strength."

Liu Yin said: "I heard he wanted to care, but he couldn't stop Hou Qinghua from supporting her son~"

Hou Qinghua was the Third Mistress. Liu Yin didn't have much interaction with her on weekdays, especially since they were awkward before.

So now she didn't say anything else when addressing her, just called her by her name.

Although Li Xuewu didn't know what the Third Mistress was called, now that his mother had said it, he understood what she meant.

"The Third Mistress is willing?"

"Isn't that what I'm saying~"

Liu Yin curled her lips and said: "If she hadn't nodded in support, could Yan Jiefang have cried and shouted about wanting to support his sister-in-law?"

"What he said sounded nice, that his brother was gone, his sister-in-law had a hard time living alone, it wasn't easy to raise the child, and he couldn't bear it."

"Good heavens!"

Liu Yin curled her lips and said: "If he really cared about his brother, his sister-in-law, and his eldest niece, he should just earn money to support them!"

"It's Comrade Ge Shuqin who said she wanted to leave, or the child who wanted to change their surname, that led to this scene."

"It's chaotic enough~"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at his mother and said: "A few days ago, I saw Comrade Ge Shuqin at the unit, she wants to come to work."

"Sigh, you say this person~"

Liu Yin sighed and shook her head, really not knowing what to say.

"At such a young age, with a child, even if it were a boy, it would be fine, but it's a girl. How will life be in the future?"

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said: "I didn't let her work now. I helped her talk to the personnel department, let's talk after the new year."

"That's right~"

Liu Yin nodded and said: "I saw that child, she's like a kitten, not very big, whimpering, looking like she doesn't even have the strength to cry."

"Premature, it's not bad that she survived."

Li Shun snorted and looked out the window, saying: "A family that accumulates goodness will have surplus blessings..."

He didn't say the rest. As a doctor, the most ruthless thing he could say was the first half.

Neither of the couple were bad people. Yan Fugui was like that, but when something happened and he came to the house, Li Shun still had to carry his medicine box to treat him.

The two families lived opposite each other. No matter how unfriendly they were, when Comrade Ge Shuqin gave birth, Liu Yin still sent a basket of eggs over.

Talking about the affairs opposite now wasn't criticizing them, but entirely looking at their own family, thinking of the opposite side, one side bitter, one side sweet.

"What does the Third Master mean?"

Li Xuewu held the steering wheel and said: "Last time he came to the factory to look for trouble, the meaning was to give Yan Jiecheng's job to Yan Jiefang. I stopped it. Who knows how he's cursing me behind my back."

"You too, meddling in other people's business."

Liu Yin scolded her son and said: "How would he dare to curse you openly? Only Hou Qinghua would dare."

"Hmm, let them curse."

Li Xuewu turned the steering wheel to turn, explaining: "It's not that I don't care, but if I see it and don't care, I feel uncomfortable."

Li Shun didn't speak. Although he didn't approve of his son meddling in other people's business, his son was grown up, had responsibilities, and was a person of status in the unit. How he did things was naturally up to him.

The father's identity and role seemed to have had the realization of admitting defeat and being old from the moment his son grew up.

Since Li Xuewu returned to start a family and career, he hadn't scolded him harshly again, except for not cherishing his own body.

"The Third Master is naturally unwilling. He was so angry he couldn't get out of bed for two or three days."

Liu Yin said: "But even if he blocks it, given his health, how long can he block it? It still depends on Hou Qinghua and Comrade Ge Shuqin."

"What about Comrade Ge Shuqin?"

Li Xuewu asked: "Is she also willing to be with Yan Jiefang?"

"Didn't you hear what Li Xue just said~"

Liu Yin curled her lips and said: "If she were willing, would she be so reluctant and full of anger?"

"Even if she's not a good person, she has a child, so she has to think about the future."

She scolded with slight dissatisfaction: "Hou Qinghua doesn't think about it. If she really forces these two together, how will the children look at it in the future? How will people look at our courtyard?"

This last sentence was Liu Yin's worry about the courtyard and her own family.

In this era, how your family lives isn't entirely your own business. If moral issues or criminal cases occur, it will affect the neighbors.

It's not that the neighbors are meddling, despising your identity and actions, but that their interests have been practically affected.

If someone in your courtyard lives indecently or causes a murder case, just watch, when looking for a partner, people won't marry their daughter into here no matter what.

The story of Mencius' mother moving three times is such a reality. Someone ruining the reputation of this place is equivalent to ruining the feng shui.

Regarding the matter of a younger brother marrying his elder brother's wife, let alone poor places elsewhere, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the capital, how can this be done?

Li Xuewu also understood the Third Mistress's idea, and it really had to do with the job he just mentioned.

Originally, Yan Jiecheng was gone, and according to the Yan family's intention, the job was to be given to Yan Jiefang. Fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields, right?

What's the point of giving it to Comrade Ge Shuqin? She doesn't have the surname Yan, and that girl has the surname Yan, but she will marry out in the future.

This job was exchanged for real gold and silver by their family, how could it be lost?

Now that Comrade Ge Shuqin has inherited her husband's job, how can the Yan family be satisfied?

The Third Master was naturally pained by this job, but he never thought of using the name of marriage to get the job back.

The Third Mistress saw he had no way, and the second son had the intention. Isn't this a push along the current?

Calculating this way, it really is fat water not flowing into outsiders' fields. The eldest daughter-in-law becomes the second daughter-in-law, the child is still in their own family, and they can have more in the future.

Good heavens, if the conditions didn't allow it, Li Xuewu would have wanted to invite the Third Mistress to the Rolling Mill to preside over commercial negotiations.

That little abacus was flying in his face.

Just as his mother Liu Yin said, the Third Mistress also said that a woman, what can she do in a factory? She still has to live.

Now the child is still young, when she gets a little older, she will always need support.

That means, support at home is fine, but if she's working, and there's someone suitable, what if she takes the child and marries out?

In another situation, if she marries out without the child, wouldn't it be even more troublesome?

"Actually, she never thought that her child is a child, and Comrade Ge Shuqin's child isn't a child?"

Liu Yin looked at the place they were about to arrive at and said: "If she's really afraid of people leaving, she should have thought about it earlier. If she had done something human, she wouldn't have reached this point today."

Children are always the concern of parents, and even more so a bond and sustenance.

Some people treat children as treasures, some treat children as stumbling blocks, as burdens.

If it's really like this, she shouldn't have been willful in the first place. If she wasn't prepared to be a parent, she shouldn't have risked her life to give birth to the child to suffer.

In a family without love, for a child, it is undoubtedly a kind of abuse.

And in a family with love, the children's eyes are bright.

The command vehicle stopped at the entrance, and Han Jiankun came out to pick up the car and send it to the garage.

Li Xuewu accompanied his parents into the small courtyard.

Li Shun first looked at the snow in the courtyard and looked at his son with some disgust.

Li Xuewu smiled sheepishly and said: "Gu Ning likes this artistic conception. Besides, I'm at work, where do I have time to tidy up?"

Li Shun didn't pay attention to him. Didn't he know what kind of person his son was?

He didn't know if his daughter-in-law liked this environment, but he knew his son was truly lazy.

Being busy at work wasn't an excuse, because even if he wasn't at work and was staying at home, he didn't see Li Xuewu being very diligent.

During the time he lived in the backyard of the courtyard, the snow around his room wasn't all cleaned up by the boys; he preferred to sleep in.

Too lazy to talk about his son, he was already so old, and seeing that his son was about to have a son, he thought about it himself.

Another reason for not wanting to talk about Li Xuewu was that Li Shu was already waiting in the foyer, and seeing her grandparents enter the courtyard, she waved her hands anxiously.

Don't look at the fact that he had a biological grandson, but seeing Li Shu, Li Shun's face instantly had a smile.

After all, she was raised by his side. Li Shun wasn't someone who had a biological grandson and forgot his eldest granddaughter.

At this moment, he walked up the steps quickly without any depth, and when Li Xuewu opened the door, he picked Li Shu up.

"Ya~ ge~ gege~"

Li Shu's happy laughter shattered all her grandfather's stiffness. At this moment, she only felt that her eldest granddaughter was the closest.

"Did you miss Grandpa?"

"Hmm~ hmm~"

Li Shu nodded her little head hard, and without asking, her little hand patted her belly, meaning she missed Grandpa here.

Li Shun laughed loudly, not paying attention to Liu Yin scolding him for being cold and not freezing the child.

Gu Ning walked to the door with some effort to welcome her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and was scolded by her mother-in-law for being too polite; they were one family.

Li Shu finally had a backer today. Ever since her grandfather took off his coat and changed into slippers, he held her and went to the sofa to play.

She rummaged through boxes and cabinets, directing her grandfather to pull out two large baskets of toys to show off to her grandfather.

At this time, a little head appeared on the stairs. It turned out that Fu Zhidong heard the sound and came down to watch the fun.

Li Xuewu didn't avoid anything, smiled and waved at him, and after he ran down and hugged his thigh, he rubbed his head and introduced him to his parents with a smile: "Zhou Jie's son, my godson."

Saying this, he lowered his head and pinched Fu Zhidong's little face, asking: "Why aren't you playing with your sister?"

"Doing homework~"

Fu Zhidong raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu, then looked at Li Shun and Liu Yin with some caution.

Li Xuewu introduced him: "This is my dad and mom, you call them Grandpa and Grandma."

"Grandpa, Grandma~"

Fu Zhidong called them very obediently and also knew the relationship of the visitors.

Li Shun and Liu Yin still remembered Zhou Wang Yamei who came last year. At this moment, hearing the child call them, they both responded with a smile.

Liu Yin took a fancy to Fu Zhidong, praised him twice, and asked about Zhou Wang Yamei.

Gu Ning explained that she was resting upstairs, having taken the train all night from Steel City to the capital.

Li Shu had become familiar with Fu Zhidong. At this moment, she waved her little hand and called him over to play together.

Fu Zhidong was a child after all. At this moment, seeing toys and being introduced to the relationship by his uncle, he was no longer nervous. Hearing Li Shu call him, he ran over to play.

Li Shu was still playing the same way, handing Fu Zhidong a small iron car, while she herself carried an iron frog, looking around for a suitable target.

Qin Jingru walked out from behind, stared at Li Shu and scolded: "Still throwing, I've been tidying up all morning!"

After greeting Li Shun and Liu Yin, she started to complain about Li Shu. The two children were noisy all morning, and those flowers suffered, so she moved them to her own room.

When they recover, she will move them out again.

Li Shu didn't care about that. If you don't let me play, can't I play by myself?

Saying this, she was about to throw the iron frog into the fireplace, coming for a fire-roasted iron toad!

"Li Shu~"

Gu Ning saw that she was making too much trouble and could only call her.

You don't even need to look down; the big demon king Li Shu didn't aim at the fireplace anymore, squatted down and taught Fu Zhidong how to play with the frog.

This little brat wasn't that she didn't know how to play with toys correctly, she just felt that her own ideas were the most fun and the correct way to open the toy.

Li Shun saw his daughter-in-law's one sentence was more useful than his begging for a long time, and really didn't know whether to be annoyed or laugh.

Han Jiankun parked the car, came in from outside, and unloaded the things brought in the car.

Liu Yin was talking, followed Qin Jingru, and tidied up the things.

She didn't rest after coming here, wanting to help her son's family do something, but seeing the room tidied up neatly, especially in the living room, except for the toys Li Shu just spread out, there was nothing she needed to be busy with.

"Auntie, Brother Li said we'll eat dumplings tonight. I've made the dough. Can you make the filling?"

Qin Jingru had experienced a lot at home and knew how to speak.

Seeing Liu Yin looking for work everywhere, she could only take the initiative to ask her to help her.

Liu Yin understood her meaning. After all, it was her son's family, and it was her son who decided to invite Qin Jingru to do things.

Seeing the room tidied up cleanly, she knew she wasn't a sloppy person, so she naturally couldn't say anything else, lest she annoy people.

However, regarding eating dumplings, she couldn't help but complain to her son: "It's not a holiday, why did you think of eating dumplings?"

"There's no rule that you can't eat dumplings if it's not a holiday."

Li Xuewu smiled and poured tea for his father, replying to his mother's words: "I mainly wanted to eat the dumplings you made."

Liu Yin knew she couldn't talk back to her son. She glared at him and went to the kitchen to get busy.

Gu Ning felt a bit embarrassed. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law came to see her, and she still had to let her mother-in-law cook.

Li Shun didn't care, waved his hand, and told her not to care: "Your mom is just this kind of person. If she doesn't get busy, she always feels uncomfortable."

"Uncle Li, you're here."

Zhou Wang Yamei came down from upstairs and took the initiative to greet Li Shun.

Li Shun knew who this was and didn't need his son to introduce her. He nodded with a smile and said: "Hard journey, right?"

"It's okay, just the night train."

Zhou Wang Yamei walked down the stairs, tucked her hair behind her ear, picked up the toy that ran to her feet, and put it in the basket.

"You and Auntie are doing well, right? I heard you have a grandson?"

"Good, doing well."

Li Shun responded with a smile and talked about the Steel City topic for a few sentences.

Gu Ning stood up to go to the bathroom, and Zhou Wang Yamei helped her go together.

Li Shun saw there was no one else in the living room and glared fiercely at his son who was drinking tea.

Li Xuewu was glared at by his father, feeling innocent and speechless. Why are you glaring at me?!

Li Shun glanced at Fu Zhidong who was playing with Li Shu, indicating the reason for his dissatisfaction.

Li Xuewu was a bit dumbfounded, thinking his old man really dared to think.

Fu Zhidong was five years old this year, he was only twenty-one this year, sixteen that year...

Don't say, the one who knows him best is his dad.

If it wasn't for the fact that someone almost had one back then, he could have been kicked to the south by his old man.

So his dad's suspicion was based on evidence, and his explanation was pale and powerless.

But... this child really wasn't his. If it was his seed, would he still be recognized as a godson?

Heaven and earth conscience, Li Xuewu really felt a bit unconvinced. He was innocent, pure, and really had nothing with Zhou Wang Yamei.

Li Xuewu pulled the corner of his mouth, also gestured to the two children there, meaning, the child is here, can I still lie?

Li Shun really believed it!

I believe your ghost!

This child might not be the Li family's, but it's not guaranteed there won't be one later, so he had to give his son a vaccination.

The warning in Li Shun's eyes was obvious, resolutely not allowing him to mess around.

Even a godson can't be too casual. Do you think this is mixing in the street, recognizing a big brother, recognizing a little brother, recognizing a godson.

He Li Shun had three sons, he didn't need to worry about grandsons in this life, so don't just lead godsons home casually.

If you have the ability, you've already married a wife, just give birth well, he recognizes however many you give birth to.

Li Xuewu really couldn't beat his dad, so he had to lose, squatted beside Li Shu, and coaxed the two children.

Gu Ning came back from the bathroom, told Li Shun she was tired, and went to the inner room to lie down.

Li Shun was worried, stood up, kicked his son, and gestured toward his daughter-in-law's direction.

Li Xuewu knew his old man's meaning, took the initiative to tell Gu Ning, and asked his dad to take a look to see what needed to be adjusted.

What could Gu Ning say? She could only take the initiative to thank him. She also saw the helplessness in Li Xuewu's eyes and knew that her father-in-law and mother-in-law came to see her today.

As elders, they always think about sharing the burden equally, not wanting to wrong anyone.

The palm and the back of the hand are both meat; you can't just care about the eldest daughter-in-law who gave birth and forget the second daughter-in-law who is pregnant.

Li Shun sat on the chair, took Gu Ning's pulse, nodded with relief, and urged Gu Ning not to sit for a long time, and even more not to eat hard work.

Especially not to eat spicy and irritating food. After all, the month was big, the fetus's reaction was also big, be careful that the amniotic fluid might break at any time.

Gu Ning had the habit of reading, sitting for a long time was inevitable. Zhou Wang Yamei knew her and persuaded her with Li Shun's words.

Li Shun heard this and nodded, telling her not to sit anymore, she could slow down and lie on her side.

While talking, Liu Yin, who heard the movement, also came out of the kitchen and persuaded: "It's only one month left, don't suffer."

"Hmm."

Gu Ning responded softly, pulled Zhou Wang Yamei's hand, and nodded to her father-in-law and mother-in-law. ===== CHAPTER 1000 =====

Gu Ning responded softly, tugged on Zhou Wang Yamei's hand, and nodded to her father-in-law and mother-in-law.