Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

After getting on the jeep, She Lijuan remained calm on the surface. She stretched out her left hand and gently shook Wang Hongtao's right hand. Then the two of them smiled in tacit understanding.

"I heard that someone's injury has healed and he still wants to ride a bicycle?" Wang Hongtao said mischievously.

She Lijuan rolled her eyes at him and said, "What can I do? There's a heartless man who doesn't even want to look at me except when he picks me up after get off work."

Wang Hongtao touched his nose and said, "From what you said, there is no chance, right? I can't sneak out in the middle of work, right?"

"Besides, even if I run away, it would be inconvenient for you to be at work here."

"Humph, you just make excuses."

"Drive faster. You didn't come to see me yesterday."

"Ah?" Wang Hongtao made a bitter face.

"Ah, what? You look a little unhappy?"

"No, how could I not be happy? Mainly because I'm afraid Director Li will come back early..."

She Lijuan thought the same thing and said, "I'll take you to another place, and you drive where I point you."

Following She Lijuan's instructions, Wang Hongtao drove the car to the entrance of another alley, got out of the car, walked for a while, and finally arrived at a small courtyard with its own entrance.

The yard is not big, but it has everything you need, including tables, chairs, beds, kangs, and even toilets and bathrooms.

She Lijuan explained to Wang Hongtao: "We have several houses like this in the She family, but they are usually taken care of by servants."

Wang Hongtao nodded in understanding. To the upper class, these small villas were just a drop in the ocean. They bought these houses on a whim, and some of them had never been used since they were purchased.

She Lijuan: "It would be nice if I could be with you forever."

Wang Hongtao laughed dumbly: "Do you still want to marry me? Even if you marry me, we can't be together every day."

She Lijuan rolled her eyes at Wang Hongtao and said, "What are you thinking? How could I possibly marry you? Not to mention the huge age gap between us, divorce alone is something that would never be approved in our She family."

Wang Hongtao nodded hurriedly: "Sister She is right. If you divorce Director Li and marry a driver like me, the spit alone will drown both of us."

"I think it's good like this now. We can get together from time to time and keep things fresh."

Upon hearing this, She Lijuan hugged Wang Hongtao tightly and said, "Then you have to accompany me more often in the future."

"That's definitely no problem." Wang Hongtao nodded in response.

"I have lived for more than 30 years, and only after I met you did I know what love is." She Lijuan murmured.

Wang Hongtao smiled, resisted the urge to light a cigarette, and patted She Lijuan on the shoulder: "It's not too late to get to know each other now. We still have a long time to live together."

Seeing Wang Hongtao's index and middle fingers trembling, She Lijuan understood: "Do you want to smoke? Just smoke, don't worry about me."

"It's not that I really want to smoke, I'm just used to it."

"Forget it, I won't smoke anymore." Wang Hongtao waved his hands. He was indeed not used to smoking in the house.

"I really want to be with you forever. I don't have to worry about anything and just feel sweet." She Lijuan murmured.

"In fact, I'm not that good. The reason why you think I'm good is because we don't have to worry about the daily necessities and other trivial matters and conflicts in life. You only see my good side, but not my bad side."

"If we spend all our time together, it won't be long before we start arguing with each other, and then our relationship will slowly fade."

Wang Hongtao held She Lijuan's head and said seriously.

She Lijuan thought for a moment and nodded: "What you said makes sense, so I'll listen to you. We should keep our distance and keep it secret. This is the best way for each other!"

After a while, Wang Hongtao reminded: "Let's go. The steel mill will be closed soon. I'll take you back."

"Yeah." This time She Lijuan was very straightforward.

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After sending Sister She off, we returned to the courtyard. In just half an hour, Wang Hongtao had recovered and no longer felt any discomfort.

Hiss... Can recovery be so abnormal?

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"Hey, Xiao Wang, you can't fool around with the Third Master again today, right?"

When he returned to the courtyard, he was stopped by Yan Bugui before he could even enter the door.

Wang Hongtao was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that Yan Laokou was going to earn the 35 cents for cooking again.

"Okay, I'll go back and see what to eat tonight, and then come and tell you when I've decided. Is that okay?" Wang Hongtao pretended to be helpless.

"Oh, okay, it's settled. I'll ask Yu Li to come over later." Yan Bugui finally left with satisfaction.

Not long after Wang Hongtao returned home, Yu Li came over.

Today's lunch was a bit greasy, so he wanted to have something light for dinner, so Wang Hongtao asked Yu Li to cook a pot of millet porridge and eat it with steamed buns and pickled radish.

Millet porridge cooks quickly. In less than half an hour, a pot of fragrant, smooth and thick millet porridge is ready.

Wang Hongtao sent one copy to Abin and Lou Xiao'e next door.

Lou Xiao'e had some food but didn't insist on eating with them. After all, she should be more restrained in broad daylight, especially since Xu Damao would be away for several days and it couldn't be too obvious.

After sending her off, he came back and asked Yu Li to sit down and eat together.

Millet porridge is soft and smooth, sticky and has a unique fragrance.

Take a mouthful and press it with the root of your tongue, letting the millet porridge slowly moisten your throat, leaving a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth, it feels so good.

The two of them enjoyed the meal with fluffy and soft white flour buns and sweet and sour pickled radish.

Yu Li didn't finish her meal. She left half a bowl of millet porridge on purpose.

She put down her chopsticks, went over to get a towel and handed it to Wang Hongtao to wipe his mouth.

Wang Hongtao took the towel but she didn't leave. Instead, she stood aside with her hands in front of her.

Wang Hongtao patted Yu Li's hand and said, "Go wash the dishes first."

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