Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Hearing He Yuzhu's reminder, Li Bowen nodded.

"Don't worry, the old guy will definitely guess that it was me, but what can he do to me without evidence! You have to be careful too!"

He Yuzhu was a little surprised: "What should I pay attention to? Could he suspect me?"

"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm asking you to be aware that he's thinking about you!"

He Yuzhu was even more confused now: "Why would he care about me, a grown man?"

"Are you stupid? Why did he care about Jia Dongxu back then? First he helped the Jia family, then he took Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, and even helped him arrange his wedding. What do you think was his reason?" Li Bowen asked.

"What else could it be? To provide for him and his aunt in their old age!"

"That's it! Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, there's no plan for his retirement. Who do you think he might end up thinking of in this hospital?" Li Bowen looked at He Yuzhu with narrowed eyes.

"You wouldn't say that his next target is likely to be me?"

"What do you think? You are the only one in the courtyard who has no older relatives. We don't even know where your father is. When you and Yu Shui were young, Auntie also took care of your meals, right? If he sets his sights on you now, can you run away?"

He Yuzhu thought about it for a while, then he suddenly felt calm: "If I have my eyes on it, then I can take care of them in their old age. By then, his savings and house will all be mine!"

Damn, this silly Zhu has such an idea. This little abacus is pretty good. It seems that He Yuzhu listened to Yi Zhonghai for a reason. Emotionally, he was going for the house! There is really no simple person in this compound!

"What if he wants you to help the Jia family? Are you willing?" Li Bowen asked again.

"What the hell? Ganging up? That's bullshit. I'm a young man, and I won't do such a thing as ganging up on a widow!" He Yuzhu curled his lips after hearing this.

Li Bowen came forward and asked: "Aren't you greedy for that young widow?"

"Hehehe!" He Yuzhu said with a lewd smile: "That won't work either. We have to find a virgin girl. Qin Huairu is good but she already has three children."

Seeing him say this, Li Bowen nodded and said, "Just keep it in mind, don't fall for the young widow's trap."

"Don't worry, that will never happen!" He Yuzhu was full of confidence.

Early in the morning, when people had just gotten up, Yi Zhonghai was circulating notices in the courtyard, saying that a general meeting of the entire courtyard would be held after he returned tonight. He also said that he knew it must be someone in the courtyard who smashed the glass in his house. If that person took the initiative to apologize to him before the meeting, the matter would be let go. Otherwise, he would definitely deal with it seriously.

Li Bowen was dismissive of this and said, "If you have the guts, just catch him in the act."

There was nothing to do in the factory, so in order not to be an eyesore, I reported in and had lunch in the cafeteria. By the way, I told He Yuzhu to make the best use of the time in the evening to move the things that left with Liu Lan to the Pigeon Market. Then I rode my bike and left the steel mill.

There was nothing to do after leaving the factory. Where should I go this afternoon? I couldn't go home and sleep, wasting time. I stopped at the factory gate and thought for a long time. Finally, I decided to go find Yu Li. I had promised her that I would go find her when I came back.

Deep down, Li Bowen still felt that Yu Li was better, and the two had more intimate contact, holding hands and kissing. Although the young nurse also went out on a date, she didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Only the young nurse took the initiative to kiss him in the treatment room, but Li Bowen said that he was passive.

Now that he has Yu Li, Li Bowen is not going to mess with the young nurse anymore. After all, these days, dating without the purpose of getting married is considered hooliganism, and he doesn't want to be criticized. That means now. If he does it in a few years, when the movement starts, he will be criticized. If he waits a few more years, when it's the 1980s, he will just be treated like a fool.

Seeing his girlfriend, he always had to prepare a small gift. Li Bowen first went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought some snacks, selected a silk scarf, asked the salesperson to put it in a small box, put it in his bag, and then slowly went to the textile factory.

Under the big poplar tree opposite the gate of the city’s No. 1 Textile Factory, a man was wandering back and forth with a cigarette in his mouth, bored. Behind him was a tricycle parked on the side of the road, and from time to time he would glance towards the gate of the textile factory.

The security guards at the gate of the textile factory had noticed him a long time ago, but they didn't pay much attention to him at first. But after a while, the boy didn't leave, so several people started pointing at Li Bowen and asked, "What does that boy do?"

"I don't know. He's been here for more than an hour and hasn't left yet."

"It can't be an enemy spy!"

"Are you mentally ill? Why would the enemy spies come here so blatantly? They probably want to take pictures of the female workers in our factory!" One of them concluded.

"Go and bring him back to question him!" There are many female workers in a textile factory. There are more troubles and dangers with more women. There are always some people from society and other factories who come and stare at the female workers and harass them if they take a fancy to them. Therefore, a very important job of the security department of the textile factory is to protect the safety of the female workers.

Soon, several people came out of the factory and surrounded Li Bowen. "Boy, what are you doing? Why are you hanging around in front of our factory?"

Li Bowen was stunned at first. It was not okay to stay on the street. You guys are really nosy. However, seeing that there were so many people on the other side, he answered honestly: "I'm waiting for my girlfriend! She works in your factory!"

"Which unit are you from? What's your partner's name?"

"I'm from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. My girlfriend's name is Yu Li. What's wrong, am I getting in the way?"

Several people looked Li Bowen up and down, their eyes revealing distrust: "Who knows whether what you said is true or not? Come on, follow us to the gate, we will find someone to confirm it. If you are lying and are here to harass our factory employees, you will suffer!"

This level of vigilance is a bit too high.

Following those people back to the guard room, Li Bowen showed his ID to their captain, then took out cigarettes from his pocket and passed them around: "My partner is really Yu Li, I'm not here to harass female workers!"

"You'll have to ask to find out! If that Yu Li doesn't know you, you'll be in big trouble!" Although the captain took the cigarette, his tone was still very stern.

Soon, Yu Li ran over, sweating profusely. Seeing Li Bowen in the guard room, her eyes were full of surprise, and she hurried forward: "Bowen, you're back!"

"Well, I'm back. I came to see you and was brought in directly!" Li Bowen smiled bitterly.

Yu Li quickly explained to the captain of the security department: "Captain Hao, this is really my boyfriend, his name is Li Bowen, and he works in the purchasing department of the steel mill!"

The misunderstanding was resolved, and the faces of several people in the security department also eased. "It's good that it's your boyfriend. Comrade Xiao Li, I'm sorry, there are too many bad guys harassing our female workers recently, we are just doing routine work, don't mind it!"

"No, no! You guys protected the female workers, and we, the family members, should be grateful!"

Yu Li giggled: "You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, will also be regarded as a bad person one day!"