Living in a Siheyuan

The next morning, Li Ping'an and Yu Li had just finished breakfast when there was a knock on the door.

Li Ping'an went over and opened the door, and saw that it was indeed Lou Xiao'e knocking on the door.

Li Pingan said speechlessly: "Miss, have you eaten yet? You are here so early."

Lou Xiao'e snorted at Li Ping'an, "Everyone who's working has left, you two are not just waking up from a sleepover, are you?"

Li Pingan thought, do we know each other well? Why are you doing this to me?

But thinking of last night's dream, he said a little guilty: "We had dinner a long time ago, but we didn't want to go out so early because there was nothing else."

"Speaking of which, you two just got married, aren't you going to Xu Damao's house to visit his parents?"

"We got married at his parents' place a few days ago, and we even went back to my house. We just returned to the courtyard yesterday."

After hearing this, Li Pingan sighed, "Good fellow, Xu Damao is really a cunning bastard. He waited many days after getting married to let everyone know. He was afraid that others would do something bad to him."

At this time, Lou Xiao'e had already run into the house and started chatting with Yu Li.

The two chatted while arranging the children's clothes. It can be heard that they were having a great time.

Li Ping'an didn't join in the fun. He took advantage of the weather being not too hot to tidy up the small vegetable garden.

In the morning, when it was not too hot, Yu Li and Lou Xiao'e moved Haoran and Haoyu out of the house and teased them.

Seeing how much she loved children, Yu Li said, "Xiao'e, when you have children you won't be so enthusiastic. They will drive you crazy."

"They started crying as soon as I fell asleep at night. Sometimes they were hungry, and sometimes they had diarrhea. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time."

Lou Xiao'e hugged Haoran and said with a longing look, "I don't think so. Look how cute they are. I would be willing to hug them every day."

Yu Li smiled helplessly. You will know when you have your own child.

Li Ping'an thought, if you didn't have that great villain He Yuzhu, you and Xu Damao would never have been able to have children in your life.

At noon, Xu Damao came over with a bottle of wine, a piece of bacon, and some eggs.

He put the things there and said to Li Pingan, "I'm happy today, let's have a few drinks together."

Li Ping'an saw the situation and thought Xu Damao was showing off something happy.

He didn't care and asked Yu Li to get the things and prepare.

After a while, Yu Li and Lou Xiao'e came up with the dishes.

They ate and talked. After a few drinks, Xu Damao told Li Pingan what happened last night.

Last night, he took Lou Xiao'e to He Yuzhu's house and showed off in front of He Yuzhu. He also said that he would invite He Yuzhu to hold a full moon banquet for his son.

This made He Yuzhu so angry that he started to curse. Finally, the two of them started to quarrel.

Xu Damao still suppressed He Yuzhu by using his status as the third uncle.

Looking at Xu Damao's smug look, Li Ping'an thought that he probably couldn't hold your full moon party.

After dinner, seeing Xu Damao staggering as he walked, Li Ping'an could only help him go back home at Lou Xiao'e's request.

When they arrived at Xu Damao's house, this guy was already unconscious, and he was still shouting for He Yuzhu to call him "Third Uncle".

Li Pingan and Lou Xiao'e worked together to lift Xu Damao onto the bed. Suddenly, Lou Xiao'e's hand slipped, and due to inertia, she fell towards Li Pingan.

Li Ping'an was also afraid that Lou Xiao'e would fall, so he quickly reached out and supported her.

Just like that, Lou Xiao'e fell into Li Ping'an's arms.

Smelling the strong smell of male hormones on Li Ping'an, Lou Xiao'e's face turned red.

Li Pingan was also a little dazed. He had just dreamed about it last night, and they were hugging each other today?

Quickly put aside those inappropriate thoughts in your mind. He supported Lou Xiao'e and said, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, thank you. I would have fallen if it weren't for you."

After leaving Li Ping'an's arms, Lou Xiao'e was extremely embarrassed.

The two of them did not mention what happened just now, put Xu Damao on the bed, and Li Pingan left.

When Lou Xiao'e saw Li Ping'an leaving, she quickly closed the door. She sat at the table and drank a few sips of water before she calmed down.

This man has a masculine aura that Xu Damao does not have, and that warm feeling is also very comfortable.

Thinking of Lou Xiaoe, she didn't dare to think further. She was already married. She also had a wife and children. She couldn't think too much about it anymore.

After returning home, Li Ping'an didn't take the matter to heart and continued to accompany his wife and children.

These days, Lou Xiao'e also came frequently, but when she came, she went to see Yu Li and didn't dare to talk to Li Ping'an.

Li Ping'an found his shy look very funny.

On Monday, they held another meeting in the purchasing department's office.

It’s still the same as always, except that everyone is asked to be more careful and try to get as many supplies back as possible.

Except for Yan Jiecheng, all the people in the group are experienced. You say yours, and I listen to mine. As for whether to go to buy supplies after the meeting, who knows? Anyway, there are only a few people in the procurement department now, and you can't transfer them all away.

Moreover, when Li Ping'an went into the mountains once, they completed the task of purchasing the third department in almost a few months. The leaders above would not criticize the people in the third department.

After everyone left, Zhou Changming said to Li Pingan, "Go to Section Chief Liu. He seems to want to talk to you about something."

After hearing this, Li Pingan went to find Liu Zhiwei.

Seeing Li Pingan, Liu Zhiwei said happily: "Pingan, I need your help this time. I need you to go on a business trip for a few days."

Li Pingan asked in confusion: "Chief, why am I on a business trip? It seems that our third department does not have any out-of-town procurement tasks, right?"

Liu Zhiwei threw him a cigarette and said, "This time it's about the First Division. A parts factory in Baoding wants to purchase a batch of our factory's goods. But the people in the First Division don't have time now. Many of them have gone out of town and haven't come back yet. So we want you to go with the transport team."

"You are young and have ideas, and you can drive. The transport team can only find one car and one driver this time. If you go, the two of you can take turns driving. If you don't go, who will?"

I still have to drive myself. The steering wheels of today's cars are so rigid that your arms will get swollen from swinging them all day.

But in Li Ping'an's hands, it was no big deal, because he had the strength of the late stage of Qi Refining.

So Li Pingan agreed.

Seeing that Li Ping'an agreed, Liu Zhiwei said happily: "Go to the Finance Department to collect your travel allowance, and I will write you a letter of introduction. You two will leave at 6 o'clock in the evening. If you are quick, you can be back in two or three days."

After arranging everything, Li Pingan returned to the office and told Zhou Changming about it. He then went to the finance office to collect the subsidy. Then he rode his bike home to pack up his things.

When I got home, Yu Li and Lou Xiao'e were both there.

Li Ping'an said that he was going on a business trip in the evening, and Yu Li went to prepare things for him in a hurry.

I packed a few sets of clothes and prepared some mosquito repellent.

They had dumplings for lunch, and in the afternoon Yu Li and Lou Xiao'e made some pancakes for Li Ping'an to take away.

When they were leaving in the afternoon, they packed a big bag, which made Li Pingan laugh and cry.

He has space, so how can we let him starve?

There is no other way, just take it, this is a gift from my wife.

When we got to the factory, we found the transport team member, a sturdy man under 30 who looked like a soldier.

After the two met, they introduced themselves to each other.

His name is Yang Jisheng, and he is indeed a retired soldier. He has been driving a truck in the steel mill for four or five years, so he is considered an experienced driver.

The two checked the car and put a lot of spare oil in the car. At about six o'clock, they started to head to Baoding.

Sitting in the car, the dilapidated dirt road made the car shake constantly. If Li Ping'an hadn't been in good physical condition, he would have vomited long ago.

At midnight, Yang Jisheng parked the car in a deserted place in the wild. The two got out of the car to relieve themselves and eat some dry food in the car.

Next, Li Pingan drove the car and let Yang Jisheng rest for a while. He would be the main player tomorrow and couldn't stay up all night and collapse.

Li Pingan was driving the car, using his spiritual sense to look ahead. It was his first time driving a large vehicle at night, so he was a little worried.

At around five or six o'clock, Yang Jisheng woke up. They ate something and took turns driving.

It was not until the next morning that the two arrived at the parts factory in Baoding.

When they arrived at the factory, they found a deputy director. They led them to the office, and the deputy director said to Li Pingan, "Comrade, I'm so sorry. Someone from the agricultural machinery factory came yesterday afternoon. They were very anxious, so we asked them to take away a batch of spare parts overnight. You have to wait two or three days for yours."

"How about I arrange for you to stay here, and you can come to load the truck in the morning three days later. Is that okay with you?"

After hearing this, Li Pingan felt terrible. He could have gone back in two days. Now he had to wait here for three days and travel back for one day. That would take five or six days.

There was no other choice, so Li Pingan borrowed the office phone to call Liu Zhiwei back.

Liu Zhiwei had not expected such a thing to happen. But the people had already arrived and the goods were urgently needed, so he could only arrange for Li Pingan and the driver to wait there. Once the parts were produced, they would be brought back immediately.

Li Pingan had no choice but to have lunch with the driver at the parts factory and was arranged to rest in a nearby guesthouse.

We didn't get enough rest last night, and we didn't even have dinner in the afternoon. We slept till the next day.

Li Pingan thought that the donkey meat hotpot was famous here, so he wanted to see if he could buy a few donkeys and raise them in the space. It would be convenient for him to eat them in the future.

After breakfast, Li Pingan suggested going out for a walk. But Yang Jisheng didn't want to go out. He often traveled around, and he had been to this place many times, but there was nothing to see.

So Li Ping'an wandered around alone.

It was noon when Li Pingan found a restaurant nearby that looked good and went in.

I saw donkey meat hotpot and dumplings.

He ordered a serving of dumplings and two steamed buns.

I ate the fire-baked bread first, and it tasted delicious. I thought about packing some to bring back for Yu Li.

While I was eating, I saw two well-dressed people eating next to me and asking the waiter to call the chef in the back.

If an ordinary person behaved like this, it would be strange if the waiter would pay attention to you.

But seeing that the two men were dressed in fancy clothes, the waiter didn't dare to say anything and went into the kitchen to look for them.

Li Ping'an just looked at it for a few seconds like everyone else and then continued eating his meal.

Soon, the waiter came out with a master chef.

Li Pingan was eating when he looked up.

"Oh my god, isn't this He Daqing?"

There was no way to mistake the two obvious eye bags. Besides, Li Pingan had often seen He Daqing when he was a child.

I heard that He Daqing came to Baoding with the White Widow, but I didn't expect to actually meet him.

He stood up hurriedly and called out to He Daqing who was about to pass by him, "Uncle He? Are you Uncle He?"