dognovel Chapter 1116: Kind-hearted Uncle Li
Chapter 1116: Kind-hearted Uncle Li
Chapter 1116: Kind-hearted Uncle Li
"Ten JQKA, do you want it?"
Huang Gan raised the remaining playing cards in his hand and threatened the people at the table, "There are only two left. If you don't want them, I'm leaving!"
"You dare to use a fart dragon to attack me? No one can stop you! Three 2s!"
Shen Fang was sitting on the table above Huang Gan, and seeing that no one was in charge, he raised his hand and played three 2s to kill the game.
"Do you want it? I don't believe you have two kings in your hands."
"You make a move! You make a move! Let me see what you can do--!"
Huang Gan only had two cards left in his hand, so naturally he couldn't withstand Shen Fang's three 2s.
But I don’t lose the battle even if I lose the person. I can win the game of mahjong while chatting calmly, but I can’t do that with poker.
When playing poker, you have to play it out!
Hit with that force, hit with that sound, hit with that momentum.
Even if you only have two 3s in your hand, you have to make sure you have two kings.
After all, the game process of mahjong is not as fast as poker, so it is interesting to play with Huang Gan and Shen Fang making so much noise.
After lunch, the side room started to get lively.
It's been a while since we last got together, and since it's the end of the month and everyone has some free time, we just let loose and had a lot of fun today.
Huang Gan and Shen Fang naturally knew each other. Hu Ke was from the Northeast, but he had been working in Beijing for more than two years.
Ren Xiaoyu is considered to be Li Xuewu's uncle, and Xiang Yunnian and Ren Xiaoyu are acquainted.
Wang Xiaoqin and Wang Zheng are both members of the club's management and they get along very casually with everyone.
The men drank a little bit of wine, but they didn't get drunk in the middle of the day. They just talked and laughed during the meal, just relaxing.
The card game was organized by Huang Gan. He didn't have the opportunity to organize such a game on weekdays. In addition, due to the nature of his work, he rarely did such a crazy thing.
The tables in the club restaurant are octagonal tables, which are suitable for playing mahjong but not for playing poker with several people.
Wang Xiaoqin and Wang Zheng don't play poker, especially today when there are so many men around, so they are unwilling to sit at the table.
Zhou Xiaobai was just there to keep the players company and had no right to sit at the card table.
So we brought Li Xuewu, Huang Gan and the other six people to upgrade.
The side rooms in the restaurant compound also have an octagonal table inside, but the tea table outside is a classic round table, perfect for a three-person game of chess between six people.
Huang Gan, Hu Ke and Li Xuewu faced Shen Fang, Ren Xiaoyu and Xiang Yunnian.
Huang Gan and Shen Fang are the loudest, Li Xuewu and Hu Ke are good at speaking, Ren Xiaoyu plays cards steadily, and Xiang Yunnian is quiet but plays cards the best.
In fact, playing poker has not been encouraged since last year, and it has even been classified as a vulgar form of entertainment by my fourth uncle.
In the first half of this year, playing card factories of all sizes across the country stopped printing playing cards, and stationery stores no longer sold playing cards.
The playing card factory used the machines and materials used to produce playing cards to print cards with quotations on one side and songs about quotations on the other side.
Of course, if you are interested, you can also collect a set, and there are poker logos and traces on the frame.
It’s just that the batches and materials are different, so the accumulated playing cards are not compatible at all.
The deck of playing cards that Li Xuewu and his friends were playing with were not the ones that were circulated on the market, nor were they the ones with quotations on them, but real poker.
This is a product produced when a prison was engaged in papermaking and printing. Now the paper mill and printing factory have moved to Chadian, but playing cards and the like are still being produced.
The Management Committee strictly inspects the supply and marketing system and does not allow the circulation and sale of playing cards, but they cannot control the internal circulation of each unit.
The small factory owned by Huang Gan belongs to Fa Si, and it is a joint venture. He doesn't care about outside inspections and continues to produce as usual.
Only the supply channel to the Dongcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was cut off, but other channels were not cut off.
Such as the service department of the club, the welfare product supply and marketing cooperative of the Red Star Factory, franchise stores of special goods or bargain goods, etc.
Even the supply chain system, as long as someone wants it, he dares to produce it.
Check? How? People in Chadian are going crazy with poverty!
After Huang Gan moved these unwilling small factories there, he took care of them like treasures.
In this era, the supervisory system is very wild. Do you dare to cut off their financial resources? That would be as heartless as killing their parents.
You can make sure you don't go to bookstores, shopping malls, or even have a doctor come to your home to see you.
But can you guarantee that you will never go to jail in your life?
If you really offend these people, or offend this system, you will be behind the high walls and no one will respond even if you cry out to the sky or the earth.
Therefore, many things that are banned outside or not encouraged for circulation, but are needed internally and can be profitable, are dared to be done.
His name is not in vain. As long as the channel is not obscene, he will do it!
"Mom - I'm hungry -"
The door of the main room was open. It was the hottest time of the day when a boy ran in from the yard.
His head was covered in sweat and he started yelling before he even entered the house.
It was not until I saw so many people sitting in the main room playing cards that I felt embarrassed.
"Come in, what are you looking at at the door?"
Wang Xiaoqin heard her son's shouting, and seeing him standing timidly at the door, she called out, "Do you know who to call?"
"Yes, Mr. Huang, Mr. Shen."
The young boy was intimidated by his mother's majesty and greeted all the elders he knew in the room one by one.
After calling Aunt Wang, he didn't know what to address the rest of the people.
Wang Xiaoqin introduced them to her son: this one is Uncle Hu, that one is Uncle Ren, and the other one is Uncle Li.
When introducing Zhou Xiaobai at the end, I asked my son to call her Aunt Xiaobai.
Zhou Xiaobai responded with a smile, grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds from the tray on the small table and handed them to the boy.
Nowadays, no woman would think she is old if a child calls her aunt, and no one would be so weird as to ask a child to call her sister.
The future? The future doesn’t count, because the relationships in the future will all be considered as the chaos of the underworld.
Since Zhou Xiaobai calls Wang Xiaoqin "sister", it is natural that Wang Xiaoqin's son will call her "aunt".
"Go on, what are you looking at me for?"
He first said something about his son, and then introduced him to Zhou Xiaobai and the others in the room: "Our eldest son must come along to join in the fun today."
I didn't see the child when we were having dinner, but I saw Wang Xiaoqin coming to the private room after being delayed for a while with the restaurant.
Huang Gan and Shen Fang had become familiar with this guy a long time ago. Wang Xiaoqin had brought him here and to the base, but Li Xuewu had never seen him.
"This big guy, is he in his teens?"
"My name is Zhang Shuangqing. I'm thirteen years old and I'm in the first grade of junior high school."
The young man was quite adventurous. When he saw Li Xuewu glanced at him and asked about his age, he answered without hesitation.
Without waiting for Li Xuewu to ask again, he took the initiative to answer all the questions that he would be asked when meeting elders in the past.
"Hahaha--!"
This hairy look made everyone in the room laugh. He was thirteen years old and was in his rebellious period.
Li Xuewu also grinned, but this smile almost scared Zhang Shuangqing.
He had seen this scarred face before, but had never introduced it directly.
Even though this kid is only thirteen, he has at least two and a half years of experience in the underworld.
His parents are busy with work and no one is looking after him, so he is almost becoming a beard.
Just because he heard that his mother could train and practice shooting in the club, he followed her several times.
When his mother isn't here, he can sneak in with his mother's membership.
But there are regulations at the shooting training ground, and kids can’t play without an adult.
But there are no restrictions on them when it comes to training facilities or cinemas.
Many children of members come here to play, and they can even have a meal in the restaurant at noon. The amount they eat is charged to their parents' bill, and they just have to wait for the bill to be settled and the beatings to be done at the end of the month.
"Mom, give me some tickets so I can get some food."
Zhang Shuangqing came up to his mother and begged in a low voice, asking for the club's internal circulation ticket.
"Are you Zhu Bajie's reincarnation?"
Wang Xiaoqin glanced at her son and said, "You made four big steamed buns at noon, but you're hungry now? It's only been a while."
"Alas—you don't know mine yet!"
Zhang Shuangqing's little mouth may have said, pulling his mother's arm and saying: "Isn't this the time when my little brat is eating me up?"
"Hahaha--!"
The people playing cards were also amused when they heard the child's words.
Huang Gan waved to Zhang Shuangqing and said, "Come, come over here, old man."
As he said this, he picked up the playing cards and took out a tractor from the pile of money at hand and put it in Zhang Shuangqing's hand.
He waved his hand and ordered, "Buy me two boxes of Daqianmen, and the rest is yours."
"Thank you, Mr. Huang——!"
Zhang Shuangqing was much more excited about getting the runway fee than asking his mother for internal consumption coupons.
Without even waiting for his mother to be polite, he ran out of the living room and went to the service department.
Wang Xiaoqin complained: "Why give him money? He's not hungry, he's looking for trouble."
"Hey - it's just the running fee." Huang Gan waved his hand indifferently and said, "Besides, I won money today, so I have to spend it. Otherwise, how can I win again?"
"Look at how proud you are—"
Wang Zheng sat next to her brother, curled her lips and muttered something. She looked at the cards of the two families and didn't know what to say, so she just rolled her eyes at her brother.
Huang Gan didn't pay attention to the girl's ridicule. He looked at everyone and said teasingly, "If the winners don't show off, then the losers should show off!"
"Really? Hahaha!"
"You are no longer a person. If you win, it's you. If you lose, it's not you."
Li Xuewu put down the cards in his hand and told Zhou Xiaobai to move the electric fan to the side. He couldn't stand these old smokers surrounding him alone.
Before he quit smoking, he really didn't feel how pungent the smell of cigarettes was.
But after quitting smoking, I became particularly sensitive to secondhand smoke. My throat hurt and my lungs felt uncomfortable after inhaling too much.
Zhou Xiaobai performed very well today. He served at the drinking party and the card game. It was very lively being with these older brothers and sisters.
Especially when settling accounts, there are winners and losers, and it’s a lot of noise.
It is particularly interesting to see the big brothers, who are all cadres, haggling over every little thing.
Are there winners and losers in upgrading?
Of course, the chances of winning or losing are not small, and you may even lose money if you win.
This gameplay is similar to "Strive to Survive" or "Go Big". Points are calculated based on how far you go, and it also affects winning or losing.
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"Hey - I looked around but didn't see anyone. Turns out they are all here!"
The room was bustling with activity, and Yu Li walked in with Ma Jun and others.
"Oh ha! You're late! I called you in the morning but you didn't come!"
Li Xuewu called to Ma Jun and said, "Come on, come on, I'll give you the seat. Let me take over the handle. I'm going to the toilet."
In fact, he didn't have to pee at the moment, he was just making an excuse.
In the club, he is considered the boss. Ma Jun and others officially joined the club in May this year, so he has to act like the boss.
Playing cards is considered entertainment. If no one joins, he naturally has to sit at the table. We can't ask Sister Wang to sit at the table and play with a group of gay men.
Now that Ma Jun and others had arrived, he naturally couldn't sit at the table to greet them, so he quickly left the table.
Ma Jun, Ao Zhongliang and others declined and let Ma Jun take over Li Xuewu's position.
Li Xuewu neither won nor lost, but when he left the table, he did not touch the money and left it to Ma Jun. This was considered a courtesy.
The money was not much, just ten or eight yuan, but it could be left there to support Ma Jun, which was a face-saving thing.
It’s no wonder that Li Xuewu has so many friends. Just based on his openness, anyone who sees him would be tempted.
Li Xuewu left the house and Ma Jun came to the table, and the liveliness in the house continued.
"Isn't it hot? Do you want me to find you a vest to change into?"
After Yu Li sent Ma Jun and others into the house, she followed Li Xuewu out.
She stretched Li Xuewu's sweat-soaked shirt from behind and said, "There's still a fan, what if you get caught in the wind?"
The person who cares most about Li Xuewu's health is still Yu Li.
The wind in her mouth was not the kind of cold you get from a cold, but the cold wind that blew after sweating, which caused red bumps in her mouth.
This is just the surface condition, but serious damage can cause internal organs, especially the kidneys.
"There's a lot of smoke in the room, it chokes my throat."
Li Xuewu stood under a big tree in the yard to block the sunlight above his head. He looked at Yu Li and asked, "Are you done with the work ahead?"
"It's just a small business. There's not much business on weekends. It's mainly members who come here to play."
Yu Li explained, raised her head, looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Come on, I'll help you wipe the sweat off your face, and you can get some fresh air."
As he spoke, he walked out of the courtyard and pointed to the side room next to the restaurant, saying, "You take a rest first. I'll go get a basin of hot water."
Li Xuewu went to the toilet to flush the toilet first. Although there was no urine just now, as a man, he knew that if he squeezed hard, there would always be some.
The Dongfeng Club is a large mansion, different from a courtyard house.
The mansion is composed of several courtyards with a unique layout of the main house and other living facilities.
In the restaurant courtyard, the back house was converted into a collective dining room, while the other houses were turned into private rooms of varying sizes.
"Do you need to prepare dinner?"
Yu Li came in with a basin of hot water and a white towel on the basin.
She placed the washbasin on the octagonal table in the small hall, walked into the inner room and helped Li Xuewu take off his outer shirt.
"If you play late, you can tell me in advance if you have any plans."
"There are no plans. If they want to play until the evening, they can go to the restaurant to eat. I won't accompany them."
Li Xuewu sat on a round stool and let Yu Li help him take off his short-sleeved shirt. He wiped the sweat off his back and grinned, "It's too hot. It's okay if I don't move. I'll sweat if I move."
"How about I ask you to pay more attention."
Yu Li washed a hot towel and wiped his body. A cool breeze blew, relieving the pain of early summer.
The upturned window was half open, so the courtyard could not be seen, but the shady west wing was still cooler than the east wing diagonally opposite.
“Are you going on a business trip next month?”
After scrubbing it once, she used a hot towel to scrub it a second time, very seriously and carefully.
Standing in front of Li Xuewu, with the towel passing over his thick chest, Yu Li asked, "A lot of things are happening in the Northeast recently?"
"It's okay, why are you asking this?"
Li Xuewu took the towel from her hand and wiped his body, then looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go to the Northeast?"
"I don't want to go. The mountains are high and the roads are long. I don't dare to go."
Yu Li looked at Li Xuewu and said, "As for you, are you going to the Northeast? Steel City?"
"Where did you hear that? Who said I was going to Steel City?"
Li Xuewu smiled and said, "You can stay in Beijing well, why go to Steel City?"
"Why? Are you afraid that I'll go to Steel City and can't bear to leave me?"
"What do you say?"
Yu Li took the towel from his hand, held it in her hand, lowered her head and said, "What should I do if you go to Steel City?"
"Just for this?"
Li Xuewu had already noticed the sadness between Yu Li's brows, which she didn't show last night. But when she arrived at the club this morning, she seemed to be hesitant to speak several times.
He reached out and took Yu Li's arm, pulled him to sit on his lap, and said, "This worry is a bit unnecessary, can I not inform you if I'm going to Steel City?"
"Will you inform me? I'm afraid I won't be the last one to know."
Yu Li leaned against his arms and said angrily, "By then you will be in Steel City, where can I find you?"
"We're not going to the moon. Are you afraid that I'll run away and not want you anymore?"
Li Xuewu patted her butt, held her in his arms and said, "It's not true. Was it Lao Biaozi who told you about it?"
After asking, Li didn't answer, and explained: "It's impossible in a short time, at least within one or two years, and still in the capital."
"As for the future, it depends on the specific work arrangements. The same goes for you."
Li Xuewu lowered his head and snorted, then said softly, "You are now the head of the club and the office manager of the recycling station. Don't you want to work anymore?"
"I want you--"
Yu Li put her arms around his neck and whispered, "You can't leave me here alone. You are the only one I have in Beijing."
"So what? Did you drop a gold nugget?"
Li Xuewu saw that Yu Li was really crying, so he smiled, hugged her, stood up and walked to the bed. He already knew why Yu Li was like that.
The more alone you are, the more you can't bear to see family reunions and the mundane world.
The reunion of Li Xuewu's family, the hustle and bustle in the yard, Li Shu's cuteness and mischief, and Lao Biaozi's nonsense, made Yu Li's loneliness infinitely magnified.
She wanted to have a home, a home like the normal ones in the compound.
She originally thought that having a house and a job meant having a home.
So by following Li Xuewu, she got a job and a house.
But the house was built and she moved in, but she didn't feel the warmth of home.
Especially after Li Xuewu got married, he moved out of the compound and no longer lived here.
Yu Li felt that every time she returned to the compound it was a burden, or that she was just living there to show off to others.
The reason why he showed so much care towards Li Shu was that he wanted to get the same care from Li Xuewu.
She even regarded Li Shu as her own child, if she never had children in her life.
Women are emotional and will not use rational thinking to consider the essence of things when encountering problems.
This is true for things, and even more so for life and feelings.
A little bit of triviality or a little bit of feeling will make them think of themselves.
Under normal circumstances, Li Xuewu would come to the club every week and she could see Li Xuewu every week.
This is the fundamental reason why she can persist longer than Qin Huairu.
She likes Li Xuewu more than Qin Huairu likes Li Xuewu.
Precisely because she likes Li Xuewu too much and cares about him too much, she is more likely to worry about gains and losses and lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.
The last time her younger brother Yu Zhe was naughty, Li Xuewu got a cold face and almost scared her.
A sensitive heart is easily hurt and more easily frightened.
Since then, Li Xuewu has been busy on business trips, and the number of times she comes to the club each month has become unstable, which has also made her emotions and mind unstable.
She blamed herself for being hesitant and talkative, blamed her brother for causing trouble for her, and was afraid that Li Xuewu disliked and was fed up with her.
Every time I saw Li Xuewu, I was very cautious, for fear that I would say too much and make him angry.
She didn't even dare to ask for emotional comfort, for fear that Li Xuewu would reject her.
Last night, she lay alone on the kang, staring at the moonlight outside the window and thinking for half the night.
In the morning, she learned that Li Xuewu might be transferred to Gangcheng, which made her feel completely depressed.
When Li Xuewu was in the capital, they could only see each other a few times a month. If he went to Gangcheng, they wouldn't see each other for three to five years. There was no possibility that their relationship would continue.
Now they are all young people in their early twenties. As they grow older, they become more mature and cautious, and their attitude towards relationships becomes more utilitarian and straightforward.
There is more life in Gangcheng, and there is no place for her to stay with Li Xuewu.
So, when she thought about the future, she couldn't help crying.
Li Xuewu doesn't know how to comfort people, especially women.
When it comes to comforting his woman, he always has only one routine.
Try to coax first and then persuade, if that doesn't work then use force.
This is a restaurant decorated in an ancient style, retaining the original furniture, which looks very interesting.
Since it is a private room, there should naturally be a bed.
The bedding on the bed is very simple, just for show.
But such "difficult" conditions do not prevent us from doing some special things.
Yu Li was put on the bed by Li Xuewu. She listened to his words of comfort, but before she could stop crying, he pressed on her.
"Aren't you afraid that someone in the yard might hear you?"
Looking at the face so close at hand, the one she had been thinking about day and night, Yu Li was so nervous that she didn't care to cry. She supported Li Xuewu and reminded him, "The window is not closed."
"Do not cry?"
Li Xuewu looked at her and said with a smile: "Then I'll go back to play cards."
Yu Li changed from holding to grabbing, grabbed Li Xuewu's neck and pulled him down, saying: "I promise not to cry out loud--"
How could she hold it in? She didn't cry, but she couldn't help wanting to scream, especially in such an exciting environment.
This bunk bed was a piece of furniture left over from a mansion. After a simple repair by Master Dou’s engineering team, it was given a new life.
The mortise and tenon structure is tight and solid, and even with strong shaking, there is only a slight creaking sound.
Li Xuewu looked at Yu Li who stuffed the towel in her mouth, took it away from her with amusement, and before she could say anything, he lowered his head and blocked her mouth.
"Well--"
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"Uncle Huang, I bought you some cigarettes. I put them here!"
Zhang Shuangqing ran in from the courtyard gate, went straight into the card room, put down the cigarette box and wanted to run away.
"Stop! Why is there only one box?"
Huang Gan was about to agree, but when he looked down, he saw only a box of cigarettes.
He turned around and grabbed Zhang Shuangqing's arm, threatening him: "You dare to embezzle Mr. Huang's money? Do you believe I will put you in jail?"
"Uncle Huang, I'm so sorry!"
Zhang Shuangqing shook his hands without letting them shake, raised the firecrackers in his pocket and said, "30 cents a box, if I want to buy you two boxes of Daqianmen, I can only buy you one box of firecrackers!"
"And then? You deducted my military pay?"
Huang Gan teased him, "Did you use my cigarette money to buy your gun?"
"I didn't want to do this at first, after all, you trusted me to come here," Zhang Shuangqing said cleverly, "Then I thought, it's all for fun!"
He pointed to the cigarette box on the table, slapped the firecrackers in his pocket aside and said, "My mother said that smoking is harmful to health. I am just concerned about you."
"I bought you one less pack of cigarettes, and I bought you one more pack of firecrackers. At most, you can just smoke this pack of firecrackers for fun."
"Hey - you kid!"
Huang Gan grabbed him and gave him a couple of squeaks. He ignored Wang Xiaoqin's scolding of her son Zhang Shuangqing and scolded him with a smile, "Are there any firecrackers to play with? I'll light one and put it in your crotch and try!"
"Ha ha ha ha--!"
Zhang Shuangqing saw that Uncle Huang really lit the lighter and went to take the box of firecrackers. He quickly shook off the uncle's hand, snatched the firecrackers and ran out.
Huang Gan actually took out a firecracker from the paper box. When he saw Zhang Shuangqing running away, he lit it with a lighter and threw it out the door.
boom--!
"Hahaha--!"
Hearing the sound of firecrackers, everyone in the room burst into laughter, and Zhang Shuangqing in the yard outside the door was also laughing.
This naughty boy struck a match in his hand, lit a firecracker and threw it back. But when he saw his mother chasing him, he threw the firecracker back and ran away.
The firecracker he threw carelessly fell outside the window of a private room near the restaurant.
boom--!
"Poor kid! If I don't beat you, you'll be in trouble!"
Wang Xiaoqin only had time to curse her son, and when she saw her son running away, she went back into the house with a smile on her face.
"Tease, you tease him, I can't control him."
"Hey! Big sister, can you bring me here?"
Huang Gan is not as old as Wang Xiaoqin, so Zhang Shuangqing should call him uncle.
This kind of address between colleagues and friends is not so strict. Huang Gan is younger than Li Xuewu, so it is more appropriate to call him "uncle".
Of course, calling him uncle today is the same as calling him uncle tomorrow. No one cares about it.
Unless the two families have a really good relationship, live next door to each other, or live in the same courtyard and see each other every day, this name will be fixed.
Speaking of which, Mr. Huang Gan was picked up from Shen Fang, who is one year older than Wang Xiaoqin.
But Uncle Huang doesn't act like an old man at all. He likes to tease children the most, especially bad boys like twelve or thirteen years old.
"If you don't tease him, he'll be very obedient." Wang Xiaoqin said angrily, "Why didn't he show his cheekiness when I saw him learning martial arts just now?"
"Learn martial arts? Just learn martial arts like that. I'm scared when you glare at me!"
Huang Gan curled his lips and said, "I am the only one with a kind face like me. Children find me kind when they see me."
"Hey - you really know how to flatter yourself!"
Wang Zheng pulled the corner of her mouth, looked at her brother with disdain and said: "Do you want to look in the mirror and try to glare at your eyes?"
Warden Huang has been working in the prison for almost ten years. Who would believe that he has a kind face?
Everyone looked at Huang Gan and couldn't help laughing.
Wang Xiaoqin was thinking about what Huang Gan said. She glanced outside the door and asked, "Where did you learn martial arts?"
"Fell into the toilet, right? Hahahaha——!"
Huang Gan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him. He is like Zhuge Liang, who devoted himself to his work until his death. All he cares about is work."
"I don't know what he's busy with all day long." He threw two cards out and muttered casually, "I asked him out for dinner last month, but he said he was busy."
"I asked him to come out to watch a play a few days ago, and he told me that he was very busy and told me not to bring these things to him in the future. Do you think he is too much?"
"He is really busy. The Red Star Factory has been very active recently."
Wang Xiaoqin explained: "I heard that they are negotiating with French businessmen and expanding domestic business."
"The domestic one should be our Liaodong industry."
Hu Ke smiled and continued, "Director Li just came back from our place, and I went back with him to receive him."
"Director Hu, what program is it? Can you tell me a little bit?"
Huang Gan smiled and looked across and asked, "I heard there's a big deal? An investment of tens of millions?"
"Wow - you are quite well-informed!"
Hu Ke smiled and glanced at Huang Gan, explaining, "The big move is uncertain, so I don't need to explain the investment of tens of millions."
He played two cards and said, "The total investment of Red Star Factory in Gangcheng and Yingcheng has long exceeded 10 million."
"Gangcheng is a key point for their factory's industrial layout."
Shen Fang played his cards and continued, "It's also to learn martial arts to pave the way for my future."
He looked at Hu Ke and said, "Xuewu mentioned it to you before. Their factory intends to arrange for him to work in Gangcheng."
"It wasn't mentioned, but I heard about it."
Hu Ke nodded and said, "The cooperation between Red Star Factory and Santaya Group has caused quite a stir and impact. We in Liaodong Industry are also paying close attention to it."
"Of course you have to pay attention. Most of this cooperation will be settled in Liaodong."
Huang Gan glanced at him, raised his lips, and said, "Being able to see you here means that Xuewu doesn't treat you as an outsider, which shows that the foundation of our cooperation is very solid."
"Hahahaha—that's what I thought too!"
Hu Ke was very relaxed. It was her first time to be invited by Li Xuewu to come to this club and she met so many interesting people.
Of course, he also envied Li Xuewu for having so many connections and friendships.
The conversation between the few people just now was obviously intended to give Li Xuewu more support and also as a form of encouragement.
Maybe Huang Gan, Shen Fang and others were not clear about the purpose of Li Xuewu inviting him here to play, but they all believed that it was related to Li Xuewu's trip to Northeast China.
These people are not from the industrial sector, but their units are more or less related to the Red Star Factory because of Li Xuewu.
It cannot be said that it is so serious and close that everyone prospers together and suffers together, but for Li Xuewu, it is really a case of everyone prospers together.
Li Xuewu has developed well in the Red Star Factory, and the business he is responsible for has developed well, so these people have more opportunities to create achievements in the unit.
A steel rolling mill has implicated all the relationships and made all the friends there. Hu Ke's evaluation of Li Xuewu has been raised to a higher level again.
Especially the club in this mansion, what he saw was probably just the tip of the iceberg.
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"Were you the one who set off the cannon in the yard this afternoon?"
Li Xuewu did not stay in the club for long. At around four o'clock, after seeing Hu Ke off, he said goodbye to Huang Gan and others.
They were still playing in the box, and Li Xuewu didn't ask them to send him off, but Yu Li sent him to the parking lot.
Before I even got on the bus, I heard a firecracker.
It's not a festival, and the firecrackers that children can play with are really limited, unless they are naughty boys who love to play with them.
"Uncle Li—"
Zhang Shuangqing was having fun when he suddenly saw the ruthless man with the scarred face staring at him.
He knew that this was his mother's colleague, but he still couldn't help being scared, and even stuttered when he greeted her.
Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said, "It's meaningless to throw firecrackers out for fun. They just make a noise."
Zhang Shuangqing was slightly stunned. He thought that this fierce uncle was going to teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect him to say this.
He just stood there in a daze, but didn't have the courage to ask how to play with firecrackers in an interesting way.
Fortunately, the "kind-looking" Uncle Li took the initiative to tell him, "Don't throw it away after it's lit. Step on it with your feet. That's when the sound will be more interesting."
Li Xuewu rolled his eyes in a naughty manner and got into the car while Yu Li was grinning.
Without paying any attention to the silly boy, the command vehicle drove out of the compound amid Zhao Laosi's salute.
Zhao Laosi has this ability, as if he can tell the future. As long as Li Xuewu comes, he will be at the door. Even when Li Xuewu leaves, he will still be at the door.
You don’t know how he calculated when Li Xuewu would come, and you don’t know how he calculated when Li Xuewu would leave.
He always focuses on the points that Li Xuewu is concerned about, and may even be said to be a little too professional.
Even Huang Gan said that Lao Si was wasting his talent here. If he could get a job in a certain department, he would have become a lackey for the leader with his abilities.
"Director Yu, my little brother gave me two grouse. I put them in the kitchen."
After seeing off Li Xuewu's car, Zhao Laosi came over and said to Yu Li with a smile, "That thing is a flavor. I have arranged everything. You can go get it in the evening."
"For me?"
Yu Li looked at Zhao Laosi in surprise and asked with a smile, "Is it for the leader? Who are you serving it to?"
"Look at what you said. The leader has left. How can I give it to him?"
Zhao Laosi smiled and said, "Besides, the leader doesn't need my gift. I prepared it especially for you."
"Prepared for me? What for? Looking for me to do something?"
Yu Li looked at him and said, "If you have something to say, just tell me. I don't understand what you want to do."
"No! Absolutely not! Nothing happened!"
Zhao Laosi waved his hand and said, "I have been under your care and have worked here for such a long time. I have to say thank you, right?"
He was really good at talking. He just made his purpose clear without saying much. As if afraid that Yu Li would refuse again, he pointed to the doorman behind him and said, "You are busy. I will go back to my duty."
"Is it really prepared for me?"
Seeing that he really left, Yu Li smiled and asked, "Thank you, Fourth Brother."
"Don't make fun of me, hahaha!"
Zhao Laosi likes to be called Fourth Brother the most, especially the waitresses working in this compound.
But Yu Li called him Fourth Brother, and he couldn't stand it. He waved his hands and laughed and went back to the duty room.
"Humph—flatterer!"
Zhang Shuangqing, who had been standing nearby and watching, snorted and muttered, "He looks more like an interpreter than the interpreter in the movie Tunnel Warfare!"
Yu Li glanced at him and almost laughed out loud when she heard what the child said.
Zhang Shuangqing is at the age where no one likes him, and also the age when he loves to show off, especially in front of young and beautiful women.
He didn't understand where this desire to show off came from, but the impulse of youth made him say these words.
After saying this, seeing Yu Li smiling, he became even more arrogant, lit the firecrackers and stepped on them.
“Hey! You—!”
Yu Li didn't expect that the child was so fierce. The bad guy Li Xuewu was obviously teasing him, but he actually stepped on him!
Zhang Shuangqing just felt that he was powerful and arrogant, afraid of nothing and dared to do anything.
The more eye-catching something is, the more fun and prestigious it is to him.
Seeing Yu Li looking at him nervously, with her little neck raised high and her hands on her hips, waiting for the cannon to go off under her feet.
boom--!
"Hey Hey--"
It’s nothing, just that my feet are a little numb and chilly.
When Zhang Shuangqing heard the beautiful aunt's surprised cry, he shook his legs proudly, but he didn't expect that the soles of his feet suddenly felt numb.
When he looked down, he saw that the soles of the new plastic sandals his mother had taken him to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy in the morning were broken by firecrackers!
There is no accurate guide to how much gunpowder is safe when it comes to firecrackers, especially those of this era.
As long as the children like it and listen to the noise, the firecrackers can dismantle the amount of gunpowder in double-kick firecrackers.
Of course this thing makes a loud noise when you throw it out, but it's not dangerous.
But anyone who works with hazardous materials knows that explosions in confined spaces are more serious.
It's more fun to step on firecrackers with plastic sandals. Li Xuewu has done something really bad!
Looking at the kid's stunned and bewildered expression, Yu Li felt that this bad guy was really a bad guy.
People say that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, but it is always too late for a villain to take revenge.
It's just that when the two of them were doing that, they were startled by the sound of firecrackers outside the window. He was not affected at all. Why does he have such a strong desire for revenge?
"It's over. My mother will beat me up—"
Zhang Shuangqing no longer had the desire to act cool in front of the beautiful aunt. He shook the half of the sandal hanging on his foot, looked at the half of the sole on the ground, and almost cried.
"Are these sandals new?"
Yu Li looked at the silly boy and asked with amusement, "Is your mother Wang Xiaoqin, the political commissar?"
“Yes—woo woo woo—”
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned the new sandals and who their mother was. Zhang Shuangqing was still thinking about going to the shoe stall to get them repaired later, but when the beautiful aunt said these things, tears really came to his eyes.
He cried, partly because he was afraid of being beaten, and partly because he felt embarrassed in front of the beautiful aunt.
"My mother bought it for me this morning—"
"Who made you so naughty——"
Yu Li reached out to wipe his tears with amusement and asked, "Where did you buy them? Auntie will take you to buy a pair of the same ones."
"Woo woo - thank you auntie -"
Zhang Shuangqing was really scared. His mother beat him very hard. If he did something like setting off firecrackers in the yard, he would just talk about it when he got home, and he wouldn't get beaten.
But if you play with cannons and blow up your shoes, you'll inevitably get beaten with a belt.
"Thank you, Auntie, you are so kind!"
"Don't be so naughty next time, okay?"
Yu Li pointed at him with amusement and said, "It's not allowed to set off firecrackers in this courtyard. What if we scare others?"
"I understand, Auntie, I promise!" Zhang Shuangqing nodded, wiped his tears, and said, "Next time I will only bomb that Uncle Li!"
(End of this chapter)