fictionpage Chapter 1065: Taking the Blame for Everything
Chapter 1065: Taking the Blame for Everything
Chapter 1065: Taking the Blame for Everything
"This fat boy——!"
I don’t know if it’s because of good nutrition or his parents’ physique, but Li Xin looks chubby, even fatter than Li Ning.
He is no longer as dark as the last time I saw him. He has become much whiter.
White, really white——
Li Xuewu looked at the child's profile and saw that he looked like Crayon Shin-chan, chubby and very cute.
"That's more than thirteen pounds!"
Wu Shuping was making the bed and introduced with a smile: "Sister Lu weighs me once every two weeks, and I gain one kilogram every time."
"Oh my, he's going to grow up!"
Li Xuewu held him and sat on the chair. Li Xin looked at him curiously with his big eyes.
It was the first time that the father and son looked at each other so carefully; they didn't know each other before.
"Be careful, don't pee on yourself"
Wu Shuping came over with some clean clothes, played with the child, gave him some instructions, and then went out to take a bath.
She was really relieved. With Li Xuewu's condition, who would dare to leave a child to him on the street?
Not only did she trust Li Xuewu to help take care of the children, but she also developed trust in Sister Lu, whom Li Xuewu found, after spending some time together.
All we can say is that she is kind and simple, at least that's what Li Xuewu thinks.
But you can't look at this era from his perspective on Wu Shuping.
Generally speaking, there are more simple and honest people in this era.
After all, it is rare to see someone who keeps a gun next to his bed before sleeping.
"Sir, let me comfort you."
Just as Li Xuewu and his godson were staring at each other, Sister Lu appeared at the door.
Her name is Sister Lu, but she is actually much older than Li Xuewu, probably over 40 years old.
If you live in the neighborhood, you must call her auntie. It's not fashionable to call someone younger and younger these days. It seems frivolous.
"You must be tired too. If he doesn't cry, I'll just hold him. His mother will be back soon."
Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and asked, "Have you had dinner tonight?"
Sister Lu wears coarse cloth clothes so that it is convenient for her to work and take care of the children.
She was used to serving others. She grew up in the Lou family, and at that time she was called a house-born child.
In other words, her parents were also servants of the Lou family, not maids.
"Servant" was a civilized term used later, and the wages they received were no longer called regular wages, but salary.
I am in my forties and have experienced the most turbulent times since I was born.
Sister Lu seemed a little cautious, but she didn't feel inferior or depressed, and she was very dedicated.
Times change, things and people are different, the world's ideas are changing, and the title of old nanny has long disappeared, but she still lives in the thinking of the past.
Nowadays, there are many people who think like her. Even in the 1980s and 1990s, how many people still have traditional ideas?
She had become accustomed to relying on the master's family for her own fate, just as she was born in the master's family, grew up in the master's family, got married, and had children.
She didn't quite understand or see clearly the changes in the new society, she just lived her life day by day.
You say you know a lot and understand a lot, but don't you also live day by day? One day of yours is equivalent to two of hers, right?
Li Xuewu did not tell Sister Lu much of the truth, nor did he explain too much of the situation.
She can only see as much as she can. She was invited here to do some work, not to be the one in charge.
Since the Lou family dared to arrange her to come, it means that she is reliable, but Li Xuewu doesn't think she can be trusted, as people's hearts are fickle.
But this did not affect Li Xuewu's decision to give her the task of taking care of Wu Shuping and her son.
Sister Lu was a little reserved. In response to Li Xuewu's kindness, she smiled and nodded, saying, "Eat it while the child is sleeping."
After explaining, he took the initiative to ask: "Sir, how should we arrange breakfast tomorrow morning? Should we take Director Li and Comrade Zhou's portion?"
"Thank you for your hard work. Please bring them out. I will go and call them tomorrow morning."
Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Shuping will be busy with work in the future, so please take care of her."
"You are too polite, sir. This is what I should do. Please tell me if you need anything."
Sister Lu smiled and took a clean towel from the basket on the bed to wipe Li Xin's saliva.
Children will become like this when they grow up, and they will drool even more than when they were young.
Li Xuewu looked at Sister Lu's attentiveness and asked tentatively: "If you need to go back to Beijing to visit your relatives, just tell Shuping. Her work hours are convenient and I will arrange someone to pick you up."
"Thank you so much, I haven't thought about going back yet, and there's nothing to do at home."
Sister Lu took the child from Li Xuewu's arms and saw that the diaper was already wet.
While taking care of the children, she told Li Xuewu: "The man in our family who follows Mr. Lou to run errands, his son and daughter-in-law both work near our home, and are also close to our in-laws."
After changing the swaddling clothes for the child, she picked up the child and coaxed him, saying intermittently: "My wife told me before I came here to focus on the work here. I am not worried about home."
"Thank you for your hard work. If you need any help, just tell me."
Li Xuewu spoke very kindly, as if he was the kind of person who would help anyone who asked for something.
Little did he know that he was scheming and was trying to find out in a roundabout way whether Sister Lu's family was in any difficulties.
Obviously, even the most dedicated servants would take risks when faced with difficult situations.
He deliberately created Wu Shuping as a loophole for Li Huaide to see, but she couldn't really become a weak point for others to threaten him.
Sister Lu thanked them politely but didn't say much. They had a deeply underestimated sense of rules.
"The child is asleep?"
When Wu Shuping walked in in her pajamas, Sister Lu had already coaxed the child to sleep.
Li Xuewu was sitting at the head of the bed, reading a book. He had schoolwork to complete.
No matter how busy he is recently, he still takes time to meet and study with professors from the Iron and Steel Institute, and is also actively completing the assignments assigned by the professors.
"I just went to bed, please take a rest."
Sister Lu carefully covered the child with a small quilt, greeted Wu Shuping softly, nodded to Li Xuewu, and then went out.
Wu Shuping watched her leave, then walked to the crib, looked at the child, and whispered to Li Xuewu: "If possible, I really don't want to live this kind of life, especially with Li Xin."
She turned off the bedside lamp on her side, sat on the edge of the bed with her back to Li Xuewu, looked at the child and said, "But things in this world are unpredictable and we have no control over ourselves."
"It must be very hard, I mean psychologically," Li Xuewu emphasized, closed the book in his hand and said, "I can feel it."
"I feel like I'm back to the tense Shanghai wars of the 1920s and 1930s."
Wu Shuping smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying: "As soon as I hear any noise coming from the building next door, I will definitely get nervous."
She looked back at Li Xuewu and asked, "Does Zhou Miaomiao have any purpose?"
"What purpose?"
Li Xuewu looked at her in surprise and put the book in his hand on the bedside table, right next to the pistol.
One is a scholar and the other is a warrior. Only then can you sleep soundly.
Wu Shuping had long been accustomed to his weirdness and explained without caring: "You didn't come the last few times, it was her and Li Huaide who came."
She frowned slightly and said: "Every time she comes here, she will bring some gifts, and she will even take the initiative to visit the children and ask some questions about my life."
"Well, has Li Huaide been here too?"
Li Xuewu moved his body and leaned sideways on the bed, looked at her and said, "You don't have to worry about Zhou Miaomiao. She has too many dark histories."
“And she doesn’t dare to provoke me.”
Li Xuewu was confident enough to say this, especially because he was not afraid that she would go crazy.
He knew a little about Zhou Miaomiao's little thoughts. The last time she went to Yingcheng, she took the initiative to confess her inner confusion to him.
But in Li Xuewu's opinion, her honesty and hesitation were just like a whore trying to be a saint.
Did Li Huaide force her to be with him? This is absolutely impossible.
It is true that Lao Li is a lustful person, but he would definitely not set his eyes on a seamless egg.
If Zhou Miaomiao hadn't approached him actively, he wouldn't even have shown any excessive actions or attitudes.
At his age and position, he values quality over quantity when it comes to his work.
Being able to choose Zhou Miaomiao is still a matter of face. At least at his age, he can still attract the love of young girls, right?
But if you say that he really partied with Zhou Miaomiao every night and was inseparable from her, that is complete bullshit.
What Li Xuewu's father made was medicinal wine, not elixir, so it couldn't give Li Huaide enough courage to risk his life with the little girl.
Moreover, as far as he knew, Zhou Miaomiao was quiet for a while after entering the steel rolling mill, and then she went after Li Huaide.
But after returning from Guangzhou, her relationship with Lao Li stabilized. Her emotional status was not blank. There really was a young man who liked her.
This is actually nonsense. With her looks and her demeanor on stage, how could she not be liked by young men as long as they had eyes?
The fact that she dared to follow Li Huaide while looking for a partner showed that Li Huaide did not give her much trust or commitment.
There are many girls in the dance troupe, and most of them are beautiful. Old Li will not hang himself on a tree, nor will he abandon his old wife at home and marry a delicate girl.
Not to mention what Zhou Miaomiao had experienced with him before, just looking at the other party's proactive attitude, Li Huaide would not marry her.
People came for his identity, he wouldn't be so foolish as to think it was his personal charm.
So
Who would marry a 'girl' like this?
Wu Shuping thought that she was too proactive and took the initiative to come here to make friends and please others, so she thought she had ulterior motives and other purposes.
Listening to Li Xuewu's words, she pursed her lips and said, "Didn't Li Huaide ask her to come? I always feel something is weird."
Shrugging her shoulders, she shook her head slightly and said, "Li Huaide has never come here once. When he sends something, he always asks Zhou Miaomiao or his secretary to deliver it. Even if I say I don't want to accept it, they won't listen."
"Take it. As long as he sends it to you, just take it. Don't miss it."
Li Xuewu lay on his back with amusement and said: "If you think she is weird, it means she is a little too strong and it is completely intentional."
"On purpose? You mean...?"
Wu Shuping also understood what she had just said. Is this underground intelligence work?
The two of them slept together at night, in one bed, both wearing pajamas.
Wu Shuping did not worry that Li Xuewu would be a villain or a bad guy, and Li Xuewu was also open-minded and did not sleep on the floor or wear clothes.
If you have nothing to hide, nothing will happen even if you sleep naked together. If you have something to hide, you will have evil thoughts even if you are tied up with a 18-pound chain.
Of course, it is impossible for two people to sleep together naked, that would be too shabby.
Wu Shuping got up once at night to feed the baby. Li Xuewu was used to it at home, so he turned over and waited until Wu Shuping fell asleep again, then he continued to sleep.
Although they were not engaged in intelligence work, the two had trust and tacit understanding. Sexual matters between men and women were nothing compared to their respective families and personalities.
Li Xuewu is one of the most famous young men in Dongcheng. He values his reputation the most and keeps himself clean. He never has any problems with his conduct.
Of course, if something goes wrong, it must be someone else's problem and has absolutely nothing to do with him. He is innocent.
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Li Xuewu got up at around six in the morning, washed up, and went out for a walk to the river.
The weather got warmer, the days got longer, and he slept less.
After strolling along the river, I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost seven o'clock, so I knocked on Lao Li's door.
Old Li and his friend also got up early. There was no shortage of cooks, but there was a lack of ingredients for cooking.
I only come here once or twice a month, so it's really not worth it to buy rice and vegetables.
When Li Xuewu is not around, Zhou Miaomiao will come here and take the initiative to eat.
Now that Li Xuewu came over to invite them, the two of them didn't feel embarrassed at all.
When she came here, Zhou Miaomiao took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Sister Lu, while Wu Shuping was still taking care of the children upstairs.
For breakfast, Sister Lu prepared steamed buns and rice porridge, as well as some pickled vegetables and eggs for Wu Shuping. Even though she said she cooked extra eggs, Li Huaide and the other man did not eat them.
When they left home, Wu Shuping took the initiative to see them off, knowing that they were going back to Beijing that afternoon.
"Okay, go back, we haven't had breakfast yet, take good care of the children."
Before getting in the car, Li Xuewu reminded her: "Call if you have any questions. Guodong from the business department will be here in a few days and you can communicate."
After saying that, he waved to Wu Shuping who was standing at the door, and got into the car under Zhou Miaomiao's strange gaze.
Li Huaide didn't care about what he said. He knew all of this more or less.
Shen Guodong is the person responsible for some distribution and acquisition tasks of the steel rolling mill in Beijing.
He has a collective recycling station in his hands. You don't need to ask to know that it is closely related to Li Xuewu.
But just because he knew it, it didn't mean he would do anything, or use it to threaten or coerce Li Xuewu.
He's not that stupid yet.
Moreover, since Li Xuewu dared to do this and made the arrangements in front of him, it meant that he was absolutely not afraid of being investigated.
The car started slowly and Wu Shuping's figure disappeared around the corner.
Li Huaide looked at the Haihe River outside the window and said with a smile: "It's not easy to bring a child with you alone. Please come and see more often."
"Well, I asked her to go back to Beijing for a while, but she didn't want to, saying that she liked it here."
Li Xuewu followed Li Huaide's words and said, without avoiding the driver and Zhou Miaomiao who were sitting in the passenger seat, "It feels like home, hehe——"
"Well, if you think so, it's worth it that I dragged you here to buy a house."
Li Huaide smiled and turned around to look at Li Xuewu and said, "I really never thought that you would have a child so soon."
His words were ambiguous and he didn't explicitly point out which child of Li Xuewu was referring to, because Li Xuewu did have a child in the capital.
But everyone understood what he meant. What he said was that the house was acquired first, but Wu Shuping became pregnant with the child later.
"It's just a coincidence, haha——"
Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "I really like children. The more the better. I might as well open a red child rearing class at home."
“Hahahaha! You’re a father and you don’t know how hard it is for your mother!”
Li Huaide laughed and patted Li Xuewu's knee and said: "Who doesn't want to have many children, but you have to take your lover's feelings into consideration."
"But you are still young and you have the conditions, so it is reasonable for you to ask for more."
He shook his head with emotion, glanced at Zhou Miaomiao's back, and said meaningfully: "When you reach my age, it would be inappropriate and wrong to have children."
Li Xuewu could clearly see Zhou Miaomiao, who was sitting in front of him, tremble.
Needless to say, this girl is really cruel. She wants to cause death?
If Mr. Li really gave birth to a child in his old age in Tianjin, he would probably be so scared that he would jump into the river with the child in his arms.
You see, he placed Zhou Miaomiao next to Li Xuewu to watch Wu Shuping give birth to the baby.
If Zhou Miaomiao also gave birth to a child for him, he would probably have to work like a cow and serve Li Xuewu for the rest of his life.
Therefore, after seeing that Zhou Miaomiao was dissatisfied with the current situation and had other little thoughts, he gave her a timely shot of prevention.
It’s no wonder that Zhou Miaomiao played tricks on him. After all, she is just that young.
After Wu Shuping gave birth to a son for Li Xuewu, she got a villa and a nanny.
In particular, he bought property for Wu Shuping in Tianjin and took her to important dinner parties.
This attitude of not being afraid to show one's face and valuing the other party made Zhou Miaomiao very jealous.
Li Huaide never took her out to public places alone, let alone private banquets.
Another thing is that Li Huaide didn't give her much money to spend. He just arranged for her to be promoted and become the captain of the dance team.
There are some small gifts on weekdays, but they are not expensive, let alone rare things.
In Wu Shuping's villa, she saw a lot of things that Li Xuewu had arranged to send.
Especially the fresh river seafood, shellfish supplements, etc. delivered regularly by Tianjin Aquatic Products Company.
She has never enjoyed this kind of honor.
The villa where she had a secret meeting with Li Huaide actually had nothing to do with her. Old Li never said he would give it to her, nor did he promise that she could live there at any time.
Wu Shuping was reluctant to leave Tianjin and return to Beijing. It was natural that she said this place felt like home, because Li Xuewu had already registered the villa under her name, and Zhou Miaomiao had already found out about it.
Why did Zhou Miaomiao inquire about Wu Shuping's life while snooping around here?
In her opinion, the identities and status of the two people are the same, and they are both mistresses.
Since they are both mistresses, it is natural for them to compare their living conditions and treatment.
How to compare?
After the comparison, I felt even more unbalanced.
After thinking it over, she suddenly had a bold idea, which was to give birth to a child for Lao Li.
Compared with Wu Shuping, I was not treated as well as her, so I naturally looked for the reasons on my own side first.
So, as soon as the Second Battalion Commander's Italian artillery was pulled out last night, she told Lao Li about it.
Old Li was almost frightened to the point of falling to the ground. Naturally, the Italian artillery was pushed back by the second battalion commander. The rare trip to Tianjin turned into a frightening one.
If you say that a grown girl is eager to give birth to a child for him, other people would be so happy that they would not know what to do.
Especially someone like Zhou Miaomiao who is beautiful, tall and has such good conditions.
However, Mr. Li’s eldest son has brought his girlfriend home this year. If he gives his child a little brother, it will be a lively time at home.
He doesn't care what his in-laws think of him. There is no wall that is impenetrable in this world.
Having worked so hard to get to his current position, is he willing to give up his current status and rights for the sake of a child?
Stop it, we are all adults, and we have a real relationship of sleeping together, why kill each other?
As Zhou Miaomiao explained, as long as she was pregnant, she would take sick leave.
After giving birth to the child in Tianjin, the parents will come to work at the Trade Management Center while the child is still young, or like Wu Shuping, go to work in the supply chain, and will not bring the child back to Beijing.
Would Li Huaide believe her lies?
I’m afraid that when the child grows up a little, she will start making this and that requests.
What if I can’t be satisfied by then?
Zhou Miaomiao is not Liu Lan, who dares to follow him for a little leftovers and even accepts things from a dead person for a little bit of power.
The younger they are, the more they want. They demand great things from life and the future.
Of course, Lao Li would not refuse her outright. He was already too scared to do so.
The relationship between the two of them was a little awkward that morning. Zhou Miaomiao naturally didn't dare to show him a bad look, but she didn't look happy either.
Taking advantage of Li Xuewu's incident, he gently reminded her. As for the future...
It was not difficult for Li Xuewu to guess that the young man would become more and more eager in pursuing Zhou Miaomiao, until he married her.
As to whether Mr. Li will contribute here, that depends on whether it is before or after the marriage.
The effort put in before marriage is not the same as the effort put in after marriage.
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In the morning, Li Huaide, Jing Yunong and his team went to the Tianjin Port Office to conduct research.
After returning, another office meeting was held, mainly emphasizing the content about trade development and compliance management.
The establishment of six offices in May was also mentioned during the meeting, and the factory's financial and engineering personnel will accompany them to various locations to select sites and prepare for construction.
It is scheduled that Jing Yunong will visit all offices in early May, including finalizing new office locations.
At the meeting, Li Xuewu put forward several requirements to the relevant site selection persons in charge.
The location should be as close to the city center as possible and the place should be large, because the office is not only a resident unit, but also responsible for sales and procurement.
In particular, Li Xuewu emphasized the importance of discipline on the site selection issue, saying that he would arrange for disciplinary inspection personnel to conduct unannounced visits and that any violations would be severely punished.
At noon, at the request of Zhuang Cangshuo, Li Huaide and Jing Yunong, as factory leaders, had a meal with the staff who were about to take up their posts or go on business trips to six cities to select sites and build stations.
Compared with the seriousness at the meeting, the atmosphere at the dinner table was naturally much warmer.
Although these cadres were a little reserved, Li Huaide still earnestly expressed the factory's importance and expectations for them.
After the meal, everyone took a group photo in front of the building. Li Huaide and his party got on the car and headed for the railway station, seeing off the cadres and comrades of the Tianjin Trade Management Center.
I boarded the train at around 2:00 p.m. and arrived in Beijing at almost 5:00 p.m.
Because it was Saturday, the two of them returned to the factory, took a short stroll, and basically went off work.
Li Xuewu knew he would be on a business trip this weekend, so he finished his work quickly.
I spent half an hour on the return trip processing the documents accumulated on Friday and Saturday, and that was the end of the week.
After get off work, as usual, I first sent Peng Xiaoli home.
At the gate of their house, Li Xuewu got out of the car, opened the rear trunk door, and motioned to Peng Xiaoli to carry a box of seafood down.
In the car, Peng Xiaoli declined several times as he was too embarrassed to take things from his leader.
The seafood in the box included some sent by the fishery company and some bought by Li Xuewu himself.
Peng Xiaoli wanted to be polite, but Li Xuewu didn't say much to him and gestured to Han Jiankun to help him move.
Some neighbors living on this street heard the voices and came out to see what was happening. They saw the jeep that often took Peng Xiaoli home parked at the door.
After a few words, they all understood what was going on.
Just waiting for the leader in the white shirt and black jacket to get back into the car and leave, the neighbors enviously praised Peng Xiaoli again and again.
"Look, Xiaoli is really capable. The leaders even gave him seafood."
"Don't talk nonsense, it's Xiaoli who is capable and the leader appreciates him!"
"That's what I told you. Xiaoli has always been a promising kid. Look at him now!"
“Tsk, tsk, tsk—”
……
The discussions at the door reached its climax when Peng Xiaoli struggled to carry the seafood box into the yard.
Everyone is envious in their hearts, but all they say are good things, not a single bad word.
The guy who looked unremarkable before now works as a secretary for the boss. Not only can he ride in a car to and from get off work, he also gets other benefits.
Most of the people living in the slum are ordinary workers, even some are section chiefs.
If you want to eat live seafood at this time, you should bring it back from a business trip to Tianjin. I can’t wait to go to their house and eat it all.
Are your shrimps delicious?
Wow, what does crab taste like?
This is the case at Peng Xiaoli's house and also at the Siheyuan.
When Li Xuewu's car stopped at the west courtyard gate, neighbors passing by greeted him.
The car entered the yard. Shen Guodong, Xiaoyan and Sha Zhu were carrying seafood into the yard, which really aroused their curiosity.
I just heard that Li Xuewu had just returned from a business trip in Tianjin and bought some seafood for his family and friends to try. Everyone was envious.
If you say you are the director, he may not care, but if you say you travel frequently and can bring back some local specialties, especially food.
At this time, people didn’t care much about what to wear, but only cared about what to eat. They were very greedy. Otherwise, why do we say that people in later generations have better living conditions, and they have suffered from too many diseases due to overeating, and they are afraid of hunger.
"Uncle Wu!"
Banggeng jumped down from the top of the wall and greeted them enthusiastically.
Li Xuewu looked at his naughty appearance and said with a smile: "How many days has your mother not spanked you?"
"You're just teasing me!"
Bangge is not a kid anymore. He knows what is good and what is bad, and he also knows that people are teasing him.
Holding his pants that were covered in dirt, he ran to the back of the jeep to take a look and asked curiously, "Is this a crab?"
"Do you want to eat? Go home and get a bowl."
Li Xuewu slapped his hand that was about to catch the crab, saying that the kid only had flesh and no brains.
He reached out to grab the crab, but the crab also wanted to reach out to grab him.
"Hey! Thank you, Uncle Wu——!"
Hearing Li Xuewu's words, the boy jumped three feet high like a toad and ran home.
Sha Zhu came back from the back room and said jokingly, "He only knows how to eat."
"The car is too small to fit so many, let's share and taste them together."
Li Xuewu waved his hand to refuse the cigarette he handed over and said, "You'd better think about it. You can't give this thing to Diliya. It's too cold."
"I know. I'm a cook, how could I not know this?"
Sha Zhu pointed at the seafood in the trunk and asked, "Give it all to us, what are you going to eat?"
He invited: "If you ask me, we can have dinner here tonight and then go home. I haven't had a drink for a long time, so let's have some tonight."
"I won't mess with you, you can't drink enough"
Li Xuewu pretended to be disgusted and said: "I knocked you down, and I still have to help you go back, so what's too much or too little?"
As they were talking, Banggeng came running back quickly carrying an enamel washbasin, followed by Xiaodang and Huaihua.
The children in the yard came out to see, chattering and saying there were seafood.
Someone heard the voice that Banggeng shouted when he returned home just now.
"If you pick it up, your fingers will be pinched off"
Seeing that Bang Geng was acting like an idiot and was about to reach into the basket with his hand, Sha Zhu slapped him again.
Banggeng shouted anxiously: "Uncle Wu said it was given to me, I want to eat this crab."
"This is how you eat crabs. You don't even need to use your hands. It hurts when it pinches you."
While scaring him, Sha Zhu reached out and picked up a few for him from the basket.
At this time Qin Huairu caught up from behind and saw Sha Zhu and Li Xuewu standing behind the car picking up crabs for Bang Geng. She said embarrassedly, "Stop picking them up. We brought them back with great difficulty."
"No - Mom! Uncle Wu gave it to me, I want to eat it"
Banggeng stamped his feet anxiously. Xiaodang and Huaihua beside him were afraid that their mother would not let them have the baby, so they became anxious too.
Children are young and ignorant, so they naturally don’t understand the ways of the adults.
Qin Huairu said to Li Xuewu embarrassedly: "I was just saying that when I came back, I heard him enter the room and shout something about seafood, and when I turned around, he was gone."
"Haha - it's not something precious. If he wants to eat it, just give it a try."
Li Xuewu raised his hand and pinched Banggeng's big fat face, which earned a bright smile from the big-faced cat.
"Did you just come back?"
Qin Huairu didn't ask Sha Zhu to pick more, but asked for six or seven. Not only did she want to give them to the children to taste, but she also wanted them to eat as much as possible.
Shen Guodong and Xiaoyan carried the remaining two baskets of seafood to the yard, and Banggeng also ran back home holding a basin of crabs under the envious gazes of other children.
Han Jiankun connected the faucet in the yard and pulled the water pipe to flush the trunk. The smell of seafood was really strong.
When Li Xuewu and his friends came back, he had already sent a car back to the Haiyuncang Villa.
In fact, few people at home eat this, I just want to try something new.
Gu Ning's breastfeeding baby couldn't eat it, and Li Xuewu could only eat a limited amount of it in the shell, so most of the food in the truck was given to Gu Ning's colleagues in the hospital.
This thing is really valuable as a favor to others. It is hard to buy live seafood even with tickets.
Li Xuewu raised his hand and gestured to move to the side to make room for Han Jiankun to wash the car.
"I came back in the afternoon and got home at five o'clock."
“That’s what I said.”
Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I went to the main office building in the afternoon and didn't hear that you were back. I thought that if I got home in the evening, I would prepare a room and supper for you."
"I'm afraid of this, every time it happens at night"
Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Because of the business trip, my days and nights are reversed, so I left a day early."
The trip to Tianjin was arranged by him, so naturally he didn't want to take up his Sunday time.
So it is just right to go on Friday and come back on Saturday. Otherwise, when you get home on Sunday night, you will have to stay in a guesthouse and start working as soon as you get up.
I didn’t care too much about it before I got married, but after I got married, I became more and more disgusted with business trips.
Maybe I have to wait until I’m over 40 before I can rediscover the joy of business trips.
Qin Huairu didn't chat with him for long, knowing that he was in a hurry to go home. Finally, she thanked him with a smile.
Li Xuewu looked at her with amusement, feeling that the thanks seemed insincere.
Shen Guodong arranged the room and invited him to have dinner when he came out.
Li Xuewu was unwilling. He talked to his grandfather for a while, and said a few words to his sister-in-law and Ji Yuxiu who were out for a walk with their children. He got in the car and left without even returning to the yard.
It's not that he was afraid of being jealous of others in the hospital, nor was it that he was afraid of others bothering him to do things, but as long as he returned to the hospital, he had to say a few words no matter who greeted him.
You say a few words, he says a few words, and if you can't come down in half an hour, you'll have no chance to go home.
After being on a business trip for two days, he saw Li Xin's chubby appearance and missed Li Ning.
There is also the chattering little Li Shu.
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“No—no—!”
As soon as he entered the yard, Li Xuewu heard his daughter's chattering voice. It was really what he wished for.
Qin Jingru was standing at the door, confronting Li Shu. One wanted to fish out the seafood from the pond, and the other wouldn't let her.
"This is a sea crab. Can you keep it alive? It will stink by tomorrow morning!"
"I don't want it—I don't want it—!"
The big devil now understood everything. He stood in front of the fish pond with his hands open, looking up at Qin Jingru, not letting her fish out.
"Look, who's back? How dare you make trouble?" Qin Jingru threatened her, "Your father is going to spank you!"
These words had no deterrent effect on Li Shu because she knew her father never hit her.
If her mother comes back, she might still be obedient, even if her mother doesn't beat her.
"What are you doing? Do you want to fight?"
Li Xuewu looked at the two people with amusement. When he saw Gu Ning's shoes when he was changing into slippers, he asked, "Xiao Ning hasn't finished get off work yet?"
"Well, it seems I need to work overtime."
Qin Jingru picked up Li Shu angrily and pretended to slap her on the butt twice, but it didn't work. Li Shu dared to hit her back with her little hand.
Seeing Han Jiankun coming in after collecting the car, she complained, "Look, it's all your fault. You're raising crabs to amuse the kids. What an idea!"
It turned out that he brought back some seafood at around five o'clock, and Li Shu saw it and wanted some.
Han Jiankun was afraid that she would get hurt, so he teased her by throwing a crab into the fish pond.
This is really a disaster.
The crab was quiet at first, but soon started to catch fish and shrimps. The fish that Qin Jingru had raised with great difficulty were eaten up by the crab.
Li Shu also found a new love and forgot about her old love. She was only focused on having fun with the crabs and didn't care about the lives of the little fishes.
Do you think Banggeng is so stupid as to dare to catch crabs?
Li Shu is even worse than him. This child has a naturally violent temper. I heard from my uncle-in-law that this thing bites people. Guess what?
Boy, she stepped on it!
Not only did he step on it, he also kicked it forward while wearing his little cloth shoes, acting both timid and playful.
In the end, Han Jiankun took advantage of the quarrel between Li Shu and his wife to secretly catch the crab.
When Li Shu asked, he told her that the crab was eaten by the fish.
The fish is unlucky too and has to take all the blame.
Han Jiankun helped Qin Jingru clean up the seafood and the kitchen, while Li Xuewu carried Li Shu upstairs.
Mother Liu Yin was taking care of Li Ning while he was playing upstairs. The little guy couldn't even turn over and just lay there picking his fingers.
After handing the Big Devil over to her grandmother, Li Xuewu took a shower. When he came out, he heard Gu Ning's voice coming from downstairs.
"You just came back?"
When Gu Ning is not around, Li Shu will definitely stay upstairs and her grandmother can't control her.
Li Xuewu was really afraid that she would damage the books in the study, so he had to carry her downstairs.
After seeing Gu Ning, Li Shu immediately turned into a good girl. She hugged her father's neck and no longer asked for this or that.
"Was there an operation, or...?"
"After the operation, we will have a meeting."
Gu Ning sat on the sofa, pinching his neck with a tired look on his face. He looked at the father and daughter who had followed him and asked, "Why are you sending seafood to our department?"
"If you can't eat it, then consider it a favor. What else can you do? What did the people in your department say?"
Li Xuewu placed Li Shu next to her. In this family, only Gu Ning could seal the big devil.
He stuffed the toy into her hands, then stood up and took the cup on the table to pour water for Gu Ning.
Gu Ning hugged Li Shu and taught her how to play with arithmetic toys, saying helplessly, "Is this necessary?"
“Is this necessary or not?”
Li Xuewu poured boiling water into two cups, and when he felt it was almost cool, he brought it over.
He handed the cup to Gu Ning and said, "You are taking care of the child now, and your body cannot handle the high-intensity work. Should we ask our colleagues for help?"
Seeing my wife's impatience with social interactions, I naturally knew that those colleagues came to her to thank her and play tricks on her.
“Don’t treat making friends as a burden. If you do, the other person will also feel burdened and they won’t be friends anymore.”
Li Xuewu gestured for her to drink some water and persuaded her: "After all, you are going to work in the department. We didn't buy the seafood just to please them, right? Don't feel pressured."
"It's quite something..."
Gu Ning drank the hot water, lowered his head and watched Li Shu playing with the abacus, and explained: "Some people gossiped, saying that I was showing off and that I was seeking fame."
"It's inevitable. Every company has people like this. If you want to care about them, forget it."
Li Xuewu comforted him, "Those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few. It is better to have many friends. One or two villains will not amount to anything."
"Besides, giving them crabs is to thank them for their help and support. We are not trying to get promoted."
“Well, it’s just a little awkward.”
Gu Ning told him what was in her heart and felt much better after hearing his advice.
In the past, when she encountered people making sarcastic remarks or gossiping behind her back, she would just hide and endure it.
But Li Xuewu had done so much for her, yet he still nagged her. She just felt depressed.
She didn't care about the seafood, but she felt it was not worth feeding it into their mouths.
Unconsciously, Gu Ning seemed not to notice that her personality had changed a lot.
At least now she cares and feels aggrieved, and has a temper.
What does it look like when Gu Ning loses his temper?
(End of this chapter)