Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

I got up and walked to the yard to look at the flowers, plants and trees, thinking about how to trim them in the winter. Lou Xiao'e followed me out eating potato chips and said, "Your yard has not been taken care of for a long time. It's much worse than mine. You have to tidy it up."

Seeing Li Dongfang's inquiring gaze, Lou Xiao'e quickly said, "Don't look at me. I don't understand these things. But you can take a look at our yard."

Lou Xiao'e pointed to the ladder in the corner where the roof was being repaired and said, "Although I don't have the key, you can climb over the wall and take a look."

Li Dongfang glanced at the wooden ladder in the corner. Although it was badly rotten, it should still be usable. So without further ado, he moved the ladder to the wall separating the Lou family's yard and climbed up in two or three steps.

Sure enough, the Lou family’s yard is much better than this one. Although there are also dead grass and branches, you can see that it has been carefully trimmed, and the holly is still green, adding a touch of vitality to the yard.

Lou Xiao'e looked up and shouted, "Just take a look. These are specially made by someone. If you want to get them, I'll ask my dad and he'll introduce someone to you."

Li Dongfang lay on the wall and looked back at Lou Xiao'e below. He raised the corner of his mouth and jumped down from the ladder. He held Lou Xiao'e's hand and said, "Miss Lou, you missed me so much."

Lou Xiao'e was holding a piece of potato chips in her hand. When her hand was suddenly grabbed, she looked confused and her mouth was stained with potato chips residue. She looked a little silly and cute, but she reacted instantly. She said in panic on her little face: "Li Lang, let's go quickly, Daddy will find out." After that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Li Dongfang reached out and wiped the potato chip residue off Lou Xiaoe's lips and said, "I didn't expect Miss Lou also likes to watch this kind of tryst drama."

"Go away, you are so dishonest." Lou Xiao'e also laughed and scolded, and asked Li Dongfang to wipe his mouth before speaking: "Why did you think of buying this kind of yard? No one likes this kind of yard now. My family has moved to a small western-style building."

Li Dongfang thought for a moment before saying, "There are too many people living in the courtyard where I live, so I thought it would be great if the whole courtyard was mine. It happened that someone wanted to sell the courtyard, so I bought it."

Lou Xiao'e stuffed the potato chips in her hand into her mouth and said, "I didn't know you liked this kind of courtyard. I used to have many of them, but unfortunately they are almost all sold out now. Otherwise, I would give you a few."

When Li Dongfang heard this, the image of Lou Bancheng gritting his teeth immediately emerged in his mind, this little cotton jacket that was leaking air.

"How many yards does your family have now?" Li Dongfang asked with a frown, thinking about the wind that would rise in a few years.

Lou Xiao'e was concentrating on the potato chips in her hand, and didn't care that Li Dongfang frowned. She tilted her head and thought, "In addition to the two next to it, there seem to be two larger ones. I have to ask my dad for details. What? Do you want it first?"

Nonsense, who doesn't want it? Although Li Dongfang thought so in his heart, he really didn't dare to take it over. One or two is fine, but if more than that, who knows what will happen.

Li Dongfang was indeed thinking about hoarding a few courtyards. After all, this thing would be worth several small goals in the future, and it might not be possible to buy it even if you had money.

"If you want it, my father and I will ask for it as my dowry." Lou Xiao'e said with a blushing face.

Li Dongfang staggered when he heard this. He was trying to maintain his rhythm, but he shook his head and said, "These yards are indeed good things, but in your father's hands they may become a death warrant. Well... Let's do this. Go back and tell your father not to sell the yards for the time being. I'll think about it and tell you that these will not be available even if you have money in the future."

"Okay, I understand." Lou Xiao'e agreed without thinking.

Although the Lou family has been donating its properties in the past few years, their status has not been substantially improved. Lou Bancheng also feels that something is not right, so he wants to marry his daughter to someone with a good background. The original candidate was of course Xu Damao, but now there is Li Dongfang who is much better in all aspects. So Lou Bancheng has often mentioned Li Dongfang at home recently. This makes Lou Xiao'e, who has a good impression of Li Dongfang, even happier. In addition, the relationship was implicitly confirmed today, so Lou Xiao'e trusts Li Dongfang even more.

The two chatted for a while about old furniture and antiques. Li Dongfang asked Lou Xiao'e to help keep an eye out for families willing to sell them, then he locked the gate and sent Lou Xiao'e home.

Li Dongfang thought about it and refused Lou Xiao'e's invitation to have dinner at her house. He said, "Xiao'e, I won't meet Mr. Lou for now. It won't be too late to meet him after I think things through."

Lou Xiao'e thought that Li Dongfang was too shy to meet his mother-in-law so soon, so she didn't force him. She held his hand and whispered to him outside the Lou family's small building for a while before letting Li Dongfang go back. (I won't tell you what I said.)

As for Lou Xiao'e, who returned home with several sets of silk underwear and was noticed by Lou's father and mother and interrogated, Li Dongfang didn't know that he had already returned to the courtyard at this time, still holding a bag of underwear in his hand.

They were given to the three girls respectively. Qin Huairu blamed her for spending money indiscriminately, You Fengxia kissed her on the face happily, and Aunt Shu rolled her eyes shyly and ran away.

He thought it would be another night of silence, but not long after he fell asleep, Qin Huairu secretly ran over and bit him hard.

At daybreak, You Fengxia also crawled into his bed and asked him to measure the fit of her underwear with his hands. That was all, but it made him very angry.

As for Aunt Shu, she certainly didn't say anything.

This is basically the situation of Li Dongfang at home now. Qin Huairu is not in good health, so she can only serve in disguise; You Fengxia is in good health, but she only lights fires and is not responsible for putting them out; Aunt Shu... he has the intention but not the courage...

Li Dongfang went out early in the morning with a basin to wash up. As soon as he put the toothbrush into his mouth, Sha Zhu pulled him and kept talking.

"Li Dongfang, the matter has been settled. Who was arrested by the security department?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dongfang immediately glared at Sha Zhu and whispered, "Keep your voice down and tell me what happened."

Last night, there was a reception in the canteen and Director Li drank a lot with us. After the reception, Sha Zhu took out a bottle of Moutai given by Li Dongfang and asked Director Li to drink with him. This time, Director Li was completely drunk.

As instructed by Li Dongfang, Sha Zhu kept talking about the things he had heard about men and women while drinking. At first, Director Li was just listening, but later he couldn't help showing off his achievements. He mentioned a lot of names like Widow Zhang and Widow Li, and it was obvious that he was also in high sexual interest.