Living in a Siheyuan

Chapter 107 One Year Old

That day, Li Pingan came home early after get off work.

Today is the first birthday of the two little ones. Although the current situation does not allow them to have a big celebration, they can still celebrate secretly at home behind closed doors.

At home, Yu Li was already busy in the kitchen while Lou Xiao'e was looking after the two children.

Li Pingan hurried into the kitchen to help.

Li Pingan also prepared a rich variety of dishes today.

There were chickens and fish, and some venison and donkey meat were also taken out.

After a while, Yu's mother came with Yu Haitang, Yu Xiaohu and Yu Linhai.

Suddenly the yard became lively.

Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu took Li Haoran and Li Haoyu to play in the yard. Li Pingan was driven out of the kitchen by Yu's mother. He and Yu Linhai stayed at home listening to the radio and chatting.

Xu Damao also came back. He also brought two bottles of Xifeng wine. After all, he is the child's godfather, so he has to participate today.

As soon as Xu Damao entered the room, he shouted, "Ping An, today is the first birthday of my two godsons. I'm happy, let's drink more later."

Seeing Yu Linhai was also there, he quickly said, "Uncle Yu is here too, so it's a good opportunity for us to drink. Ping An is not a human being, it's a waste to let him drink. With his alcohol tolerance, I guess a few more bottles won't be enough for him to drink alone."

Yu Linhai said with a smile: "Okay, I will drink more with you today."

They were chatting happily when Lou Zhenghua and his mother also arrived.

Not only Li Pingan was surprised, Xu Damao was also surprised. Why did his father-in-law and mother-in-law come to see Li Pingan's children?

Regardless of whether they were surprised or shocked, Li Pingan and Xu Damao hurried forward to greet them.

Xu Damao said, "Dad, Mom, why are you here too?"

Lou Zhenghua's face turned dark at Xu Damao's words.

Lou's mother also showed a look of disgust.

But Lou Zhenghua was an old hand after all, so the change in his expression only took a split second. No one noticed.

He said with a smile: "Ping An, I came here uninvited. You won't be unwelcome, right?"

Li Pingan quickly stepped forward and said, "How could that happen? Uncle Lou, you and Auntie are here, we are so happy that we can't contain ourselves."

Lou's mother was much happier when she saw Li Ping'an. She said with a smile: "You and Yu Li have taken care of my Xiao'e for so long, and her father and I have always wanted to thank you. This time, we heard that your child is about to turn one, so we came together."

Since Lou's father and mother knew about their relationship and that Lou Xiao'e's children were all Li Ping'an's, they treated him as their son-in-law.

Besides, Li Ping'an's conversation with Lou Zhenghua in the study room last time also benefited Lou Zhenghua. Now the two of them came here, firstly to thank Yu Li for taking care of Lou Xiao'e, and secondly to support Lou Xiao'e.

Now Lou Xiao'e is also considered as Li Ping'an's second wife. If Yu Li knows about their relationship in the future, they will also be Lou Xiao'e's backers.

Besides, Yu Li’s family will definitely come today, so someone from his family must come too.

After welcoming Lou's father and mother into the house, Yu Linhai also stood up. Because Lou's father had been in a high position for a long time, he naturally had a sense of power. Not to mention someone like Yu Linhai, even Xu Damao was like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw Lou Zhenghua. He lost his liveliness just now.

Lou Zhenghua shook Yu Linhai's hand and said, "You are Yu Li's father, right? Your Yu Li is a good child. Now my Xiao'e has always been taken care of by her, and this time I came here specially to thank her."

Yu Linhai said to Lou Zhenghua a little awkwardly: "Xiao'e is also a good child. The two of them get along like sisters. It's only natural for them to take care of each other."

This was exactly the effect Lou Zhenghua wanted, so he said generously, "Yes, Xiao'e has had no sisters since she was a child. Now she can get along so well with your Yu Li, and we are happy too."

While they were talking, Lou Xiao'e came in with a big belly. She was also very happy to see her parents coming.

She hugged her mother's arms and said, "Dad, Mom, you really came? I thought you forgot."

When Lou Xiao'e went back a few days ago, she mentioned this incident by chance, but she didn't expect her parents to actually come.

Lou's mother tapped her forehead and said, "You're already so old and pregnant. Why are you still so rough? Be careful."

With the addition of Lou Zhenghua and his wife, the scene was not as lively as before. After all, Xu Damao and Yu Linhai were still a little restrained.

After a while, Yu Li and her mother prepared the dish.

After everyone sat down, Lou's mother first took out a pair of gold longevity locks from her bag and hung them around Li Haoran and Li Haoyu's necks.

"This is a small gift from Xiao'e's father and I. We hope the two children grow up healthy. Thank you, Yu Li, for taking care of my Xiao'e."

Seeing that Lou's mother took out such an expensive gift, Yu Li instinctively wanted to refuse. But Lou Xiao'e persuaded her. Yu Li had no choice but to accept it.

Yu's mother also took out the clothes she made for her two children. These were all made by her own hands, and they looked very nice when they were worn.

As godparents, Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao could not do anything wrong. Lou Xiao'e took out two Guanyin jade pendants and hung them around the necks of the two children.

These two pendants are also very precious, both made of fine jade.

Li Pingan and Yu Li expressed their gratitude repeatedly for everyone's gifts.

Then we ate and talked together.

Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu couldn't wait any longer.

They hadn't had such a sumptuous meal for a long time. They almost buried their heads in the bowl while eating.

With Lou Zhenghua's deliberate efforts to make friends, Yu Linhai gradually relaxed, and the two of them had a great time talking to each other. After a few drinks, they became close friends.

After dinner, it was getting late, so Li Pingan drove Yu Linhai and his family back home.

Yu Haitang wanted to stay here for a few more days, but was ruthlessly suppressed by her mother.

Yu Haitang and Yu Xiaohu were very happy sitting in the car. They had never ridden in a car before. They were very curious and touched here and looked there.

After seeing off the guests, I returned home.

I saw Yu Li take out all the gifts she received today.

Li Pingan said, "Put these things away and don't take them out again. Otherwise, it won't be good if someone sees them."

After hearing this, Yu Li handed the things to Li Pingan.

All the valuable things in the house are collected by Li Pingan. Yu Li doesn’t know where he puts them, but she knows that they are safe.

Li Pingan has been put into the space, how can it not be safe?

After the first birthday, peace returned to the family.

But Director Yang and Li Huaide were anxious.

It's been more than half a month, why haven't that group of people contacted them yet?

If we don’t contact you soon, the food in the factory will be gone again.

At work that day, Li Huaide called Li Pingan to his office.

"Ping An, haven't those people contacted you recently?"

"No, I'm waiting for their news too."

Li Huaide said helplessly: "You said they didn't even leave us any contact information, and now we are in a passive position."

Li Pingan consoled him, "Don't worry, Director. It will probably be soon, right? We just need to prepare ourselves."

"We have already made preparations and are just waiting for their reply."

Seeing that Li Ping'an had nothing to gain, Li Huaide chatted with him for a while and let him go back.

After Li Pingan returned, he thought about it. It was time to send another batch of grain to his factory. This time he planned to send 30,000 kilograms and a few fat pigs. As for how to deal with it, it depends on their leaders.

After work, Li Pingan went to the warehouse to check. Everything was normal, and there was no sign of anyone coming.

After this transaction, Li Pingan planned to move to another place. It was not safe to stay in one place all the time.

The next day at work, Li Ping'an went to Li Huaide's office.

Li Huaide asked hurriedly: "Ping An, did he contact you?"

Li Pingan nodded and said, "Yes, someone came and gave me a note yesterday afternoon. He said the transaction will be tonight, at the same place as before."

Li Huaide patted the table happily and said, "Okay, we've finally waited for this. We've been ready for a long time. Let's go there together tonight."

After reporting the matter, Li Pingan stopped caring about it. The rest of the arrangements will be made by Li Huaide and Director Yang.

When it was dinner time, Li Ping'an drove the car and took Li Huaide and Zhao Xinguo along.

There was also a large wooden box in the car, which contained the gold bars prepared for this transaction. It seemed that Lou Zhenghua had brought a lot of gold to the factory.

Zhao Xinguo was also in the car to guard the gold.

When they arrived at the place, Li Ping'an continued to serve as Lu Dehua.

He was also allowed to put 30,000 catties of rice and ten fat pigs in the warehouse. The pork was estimated to be 3,000 catties.

Pork is really expensive now. There is no pork left in the market. Even if it is replaced with canned meat, it is snapped up by everyone. So the black market price has reached nearly three yuan per pound.

But Li Pingan plans to sell it to the steel mill for two yuan, which can be regarded as a benefit for the workers.

Seeing Lu Dehua's flashlight light up, Li Pingan drove after him, and the three large trucks behind him also followed.

When he came to the warehouse and saw the white pork, Li Huaide couldn't help but get excited. This is really good stuff. It has been a long time since the factory has seen meat.

The ten people from the security department were also very excited. They were almost drooling as they surrounded the pork.

This was already the second transaction, and they had already gained some trust in each other. Li Huaide also took a rough look at the rice. It was all good rice, just like last time.

The next step was weighing and loading. More than a dozen people worked for more than two hours to load everything. Everyone was exhausted and out of breath. But they were all very happy.

Thirty thousand kilograms of rice and more than six thousand five hundred kilograms of pork were exchanged with Li Huaide for a dozen large yellow croakers. The transaction was completed.

Li Pingan saw that the security guards and drivers were working very hard, and secretly signaled Lu Dehua.

Lu Dehua put away the gold and said to Li Huaide, "It's a pleasure to trade with you. I put 50 kilograms of pork in that corner. You can divide it among the brothers who are working. You can't let them work for nothing."

Li Huaide heard this, and so did the security personnel around him. They had not expected to have such an unexpected gain this time. Everyone was so happy that it was written all over their faces.

Li Huaide likes to win people's hearts the most. This time he can use free things to win people's hearts, so he happily agreed and will definitely distribute the things to these brothers.

After making the arrangements, Lu Dehua disappeared.

Li Huaide gathered everyone together and gave two kilograms of meat to each of the ten security guards and three drivers.

The rest belong to him, Li Pingan and Zhao Xinguo.

Everyone was happy and returned to the factory happily with rice and pork.

Everyone was delighted with this action.