Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 42: The Eve of Leaving Home
"Hey, here we come!"

Li Guoqiang first agreed, then hurriedly took Li Guofu out of the house.

The next moment, he saw Luo Jiwu walking in from the archway of the screen wall, leaning on a crutch in his right hand and hopping on his left foot.

Behind him were Li Dawei and Yao Meilan, with their hands full of things.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang quickly asked Li Guofu to help Li Dawei and Yao Meilan carry their things, while he himself went forward to support Luo Jiwu.

However, before he could get close, Luo Jiwu glared at him.

"What do you want to do? I can walk by myself. I don't need your help!"

"Okay, okay, okay. I'll go open the door for you, okay?"

Li Guoqiang was delighted, then turned around and opened the door of the room where he lived, then gestured to Luo Jiwu to come in.

Luo Jiwu didn't say anything else at this time. He struggled to prop up his crutches, then jumped up on one foot, jumped onto the threshold step by step, and then slowly jumped into the house.

Looking at this scene, a trace of respect flashed across Li Guoqiang's face.

Now and in the future, the reason why people can live in peace and stability is because there are countless ancestors like Luo Jiwu who paid a painful price for it.

As Luo Jiwu entered the house, Li Dawei, Yao Meilan, Li Guofu and others hurriedly followed behind him carrying things, and then kept arranging Luo Jiwu's things.

Since Li Guoqiang has to leave for the countryside early tomorrow morning, Li Guoqiang will not sleep in this room tonight, but will go to the next room and sleep with Li Dawei.

On the one hand, this was because Li Guoqiang wanted to spend some time with his father Li Dawei on his last night, and on the other hand, it was also to make room for Luo Jiwu.

Therefore, while Yao Meilan was busy making the bed for Luo Jiwu, Li Guoqiang quietly took his package to the next room, then sat on Li Dawei's bed, quietly looking at a photo in his hand.

This photo was taken a few days ago when Li Dawei paid a reporter to come to his home and take the photo with a camera. He then paid more to have the photo developed quickly, so that Li Guoqiang could have some memories when he went to the countryside.

After looking for a while, his gaze slowly focused on Luo Huijuan's slender hands that were tightly holding his arm, and he felt a little melancholy for a moment.

After returning from Luo Jiwu that day, he found an opportunity to tell Li Dawei about the matter in private, wanting Li Dawei to help persuade Luo Huijuan, and vaguely revealed that he might stay in the countryside for seven or eight years before coming back, and he didn't want to waste Luo Huijuan's youth.

After hearing this, Li Dawei also said that he would discuss it with Yao Meilan and then find an opportunity to talk it over with Luo Huijuan.

Now, Li Guoqiang doesn’t know what they are talking about?

Just when he was thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to ask Li Dawei again, the door was suddenly pushed open by Li Guofu.

"Brother, why did you come here alone? The old man is looking for you!"

"What does the old man want from me?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, a hint of curiosity appearing on his face.

Although he and Li Guofu both call Luo Jiwu "Grandpa", his relationship with Luo Jiwu cannot be said to be very close. He is more of a respectful and polite person.

Now that he has his grandson Li Guofu serving him, why would Luo Jiwu be so anxious to find him?
"I don't know, he just said he wanted to find you!"

Li Guofu shook his head, a hint of depression revealed on his face. It was obvious that he couldn't understand why Luo Jiwu suddenly cared so much about Li Guoqiang.

You know, in the past, Luo Jiwu only asked Li Guoqiang a few times in a year, let alone specifically looking for Li Guoqiang.

"Okay, let's go there quickly! Don't let the old man wait anxiously!"

Seeing that Li Guofu didn't know either, Li Guoqiang didn't think about it anymore and took Li Guofu back to the next room.

At this moment, Li Dawei and Yao Meilan were not at home. They must have gone to the Central Courtyard to fetch water to prepare cooking.

When Luo Jiwu saw Li Guoqiang come in, he didn't say anything polite and just told him what happened.

"Grandson, you sleep with me tonight, and I'll tell you about the customs and practices outside the Great Wall so that you don't go there in the dark and don't understand anything."

Li Guoqiang: “.”

"What? You don't want to?" Seeing Li Guoqiang's stunned look, Luo Jiwu's face darkened slightly, and a gleam of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"No, it's not that I don't want to, but I've already made an agreement with my dad that I'll sleep with him tonight."

Li Guoqiang came back to his senses, waved his hands quickly and started to explain.

At the same time, he also more or less understood why Luo Jiwu was so anxious to find him. It turned out that the old man was still a little worried about his relationship with Luo Huijuan, and wanted to keep him by his side to watch over him and stand guard for the last time!
He felt neither angry nor aggrieved about this.

However, his impression of Luo Jiwu had undoubtedly become worse.

To put it bluntly, the main reason why he agreed to Luo Jiwu was because he didn't want to destroy the hard-earned family relationship, not because of the great principles that Luo Jiwu said.

If he really wanted to change his physical role, he wouldn't bother with Luo Jiwu's selfish thoughts!

When Luo Jiwu heard Li Guoqiang's explanation, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, he was just the grandfather of Luo Huijuan and Li Guofu. In any way, he had no right to interfere in the affairs of Li Dawei and Li Guoqiang, father and son. He also didn't have the nerve to stop Li Guoqiang from spending the last night with his father Li Dawei.

"Old man, if you don't have anything else to do, I'll go pack my luggage first, so that I don't leave too hastily tomorrow morning and forget something!"

Seeing that Luo Jiwu didn't say anything, Li Guoqiang had no interest in staying here to see other people's faces, so he quickly turned around and walked out.

After a while, Luo Huijuan also came back from get off work at the textile factory. She went into the house first to greet Luo Jiwu, then ran to the kitchen and busy herself with cooking with Yao Meilan.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang did not come forward, but just chatted with Li Dawei in the house.

Perhaps because he was worried that he would never be able to come back, Li Dawei lost his usual dignity and became like a woman, constantly nagging in his ears.

He didn't feel annoyed and kept listening attentively, nodding and agreeing from time to time.

Soon, the meal was ready and Li Guofu helped Luo Jiwu over.

After everyone sat down at the table, the atmosphere suddenly became a little dull.

Li Guoqiang pretended not to notice the worried looks on other people's faces, picked up his glass, laughed and said, "Come on, today is a good day for Grandpa to move in here, I'll toast to Grandpa, and at the same time, I wish our family better and better in the future."

Hearing this, Li Dawei, Yao Meilan, Luo Huijuan, Li Guofu, Luo Jiwu and others all raised their glasses and drank the wine in silence.

As the glass of wine was drunk, and with Yao Meilan and Luo Huijuan constantly serving food to Li Guoqiang and Luo Jiwu, and Li Dawei and Li Guofu taking turns toasting Luo Jiwu, the atmosphere gradually became lively.

After dinner, Li Guoqiang did not deliberately avoid Luo Huijuan, but let her get a basin of hot water and help him wash his face and feet.

When Luo Jiwu saw this scene, his expression instantly turned a little ugly.

However, in front of Li Dawei and Yao Meilan, he couldn't say anything, so he could only let Li Guofu help him back to the next room.

Afterwards, Luo Huijuan was busy packing Li Guoqiang's luggage, and also prepared the new cotton-padded clothes and new shoes that Li Guoqiang would wear tomorrow morning.

Li Guoqiang watched all this, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Gradually, the night got darker.

Li Guoqiang lay silently on the bed with Li Dawei, preparing to go to sleep, while Yao Meilan went to Luo Huijuan.

Just when he thought he would sleep peacefully until dawn, he was suddenly awakened by a rustling sound while he was half asleep.

Then, before he could open his eyes to see what was happening, he felt a sudden warmth beside him.

"you"

"Shh! Don't say anything, I just want to spend some more time with you!"

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(End of this chapter)