"It will take about ten minutes to go to the cafeteria to get some water. Brother Weimin, please wait a moment. I'll boil some water and make you a cup of tea. Please sit for a while!"

Li Xiangnan brought Cui Xingjian's coal briquettes into the house, quickly tidied them up, took the broken firewood and lit it with a match to start a fire so that he could make tea for Lin Weimin.

"No need to be so troublesome. I'm not thirsty. Just sit down!" Lin Weimin's throat relaxed slightly, and his clenched fists loosened, dispersing the pent-up emotions in his heart. He forced a smile and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's okay!" Li Xiangnan said as he fanned the fire with a palm-leaf fan, opened the lid of the copper kettle to check the water level, and then squatted on the ground with relief and concentration.

Looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was not affected by the simple environment at all. Lin Weimin secretly admired the endurance of this young man.

Just speaking from the living conditions, although he can endure hardship, he doesn't think he can handle living in such an environment for a long time.

He had just observed that the two bungalows were warehouses of the factory hospital. They were both facing west and were exposed to severe sunlight in the summer.

Even with the door open, he could still feel the heat from the roof and walls after being exposed to the sun. This room only had a small window in the southwest corner, so there was no wind at all, let alone a cool breeze. How could he sleep peacefully in the hot night?

The Lin family found a job for Li Xiangnan and was in the process of obtaining his residence permit, but for him to live in such a place right after arriving in Yanjing, Lin Weimin always felt his face burning and uncomfortable.

No wonder Li Xiangnan never invited me to visit his place since he moved in, and he tried his best to stop me from coming just now. He must be afraid that I would think too much, right?

Lin Weimin felt guilty seeing his younger sister and the Lin family's benefactor living in such an environment.

"Xiao Li, stop busying yourself, I want to talk to you!"

"It's okay, Brother Weimin. We all drank too much just now. You feel hot, right? That's all caused by drinking. Your body is feeling dry and anxious. Have some tea to quench your thirst!"

"You kid..."

Lin Weimin smiled bitterly. He actually wanted to conceal the natural characteristics of this house, which was cool in winter and hot in summer, and used drunkenness as a cover.

This guy would never let anyone feel like they owed him anything.

He sighed, took out a cloth bag and two bars of soap from his net bag, and said:

"Here are two kilograms of flour. You can use it to make some flatbread and steamed buns to eat in the morning. It's enough for a week! There are also two bars of soap. In the summer, you sweat a lot, so you should take a bath more often. Tell me when you're done!"

These are all things that require tickets to buy. Not to mention the flour, but even the soap is only available to two people in each household with one bar of soap per month.

Seeing the fire was starting, Li Xiangnan let him boil water himself without worry. He stood up and sat down at the long table, saying gratefully, "Brother Weimin, I always make you spend money. I'll give you soap tickets!"

As he was about to search the box, he was stopped by Lin Weimin.

"Xiao Li, stop arguing. It's not worth anything. Just keep it. Look at the sweat on your forehead. It's very wasteful for a young man like you to use soap in the hot summer."

"Okay then!" Li Xiangnan had no choice but to accept it, but he still promised: "Brother Weimin, I will work hard to earn money, save up tickets, and return them to you later. Just consider it as a loan!"

Seeing how persistent he was, Lin Weimin, who was slapping mosquitoes, had to compromise and said, "Okay, you're too stubborn!"

Seeing him scratching his thighs and back, Li Xiangnan apologized and closed the door.

"Brother Weimin, I'm really sorry, there is a bamboo forest behind this house, and there are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer..."

"This is more than just a bit too much! It's like being surrounded by mosquitoes!" Lin Weimin said subconsciously.

Li Xiangnan chuckled and could only pass a cigarette over to express his apology, "Take a puff of your cigarette and smoke them!"

"Haha, you kid!" Lin Weimin smiled, amused by the kid's spirit of finding joy in adversity.

After waiting for the water to boil and drinking a few sips of tea, Lin Weimin stood up and said goodbye.

"I'm glad to see that you're doing a good job! Xiao Li, I originally wanted to say something like "Don't let us down", but now it seems that my words are redundant. You're very capable and don't need my words of encouragement anymore!"

Patting Li Xiangnan on the shoulder, he opened the door and walked out.

"Brother Weimin, I will continue to work hard!" Li Xiangnan sent him to the door.

Lin Weimin stopped, turned around and looked at the mosquitoes flying around under the halogen lamp, sighed and said: "Xiao Li, you have suffered!"

After saying this, without waiting for Li Xiangnan to answer, he strode to the bicycle, pushed it, quickly got on it, and left, as if trying to escape from his unbearable conscience.

"This Brother Wei Min!" Li Xiangnan smiled, closed the door, sat at the table and sipped tea, then began to use his body to feed mosquitoes and started the journey of luring and killing mosquitoes.

……

Lin Weimin rode his bike back to the family compound at high speed. He saw Lin Muyu pacing downstairs from a distance. He stopped the bike, locked it, and asked, "Have you eaten? How was Xiao Qiao's work today?"

"Second brother!" Lin Muyu came down quickly, "She's fine. She just went upstairs after dinner, and she's still not in a good mood!"

Looking up at the second floor, he saw a faint light coming from Lin Chuqiao's room. Lin Weimin sighed, "Did you talk to her on the way back?"

Lin Muyu pouted and shook her head, "Although we talked about it, I feel that Xiao Qiao is not telling the truth... Let's not talk about this for now. Have you seen Li Xiangnan's residence? How is it?"

"It's hard to explain!" Knowing that she was going to ask this, Lin Weimin walked up the stairs and said seriously:

"But if I were to live in that environment, I would go crazy in a week! Not to mention the heat, there were so many mosquitoes that they almost lifted me up!"

Lin Muyu's face changed, and he stamped his feet anxiously, "Why did the machine repair factory arrange such a place for him to live? This is a joke! Didn't our father make it clear to everyone at the beginning?"

Lin Weimin shook his head: "Mu Yu, this has nothing to do with the machine repair factory! Xiao Qiao came back suddenly, and their dormitory has been divided long ago. You can't kick others out and let Li Xiangnan live there, right?

That's not appropriate! The empty space can only be used to accommodate people like this! I know Director Xing, he is not a person who is inconsistent! The machine repair factory is also in trouble!"

"Does Li Xiangnan have any complaints?" Lin Muyu was very worried about this.

"This young man's endurance is amazing! Not only does he have no complaints, he's even used to it!" Lin Weimin shook his head.

Seeing Lin Muyu folding his arms and looking uncertain, he hurriedly asked, "Dad, how are you feeling today?"

"I chatted with Xiao Qiao for a while, and it seems to be okay! You don't want to talk to him about it..."

"The house issue must be resolved as soon as possible! Otherwise, let Li Xiangnan come and live at home!" Lin Weimin felt proud.

Lin Muyu puffed up his cheeks and took a deep breath, "Then I'll go with you!"

"You're going too? Sister, do you want to be scolded by dad too?" Lin Weimin smiled.

"Let him scold me all he wants. I wonder if he can live with it. Let's go!" Lin Muyu raised his head like a little rooster with high morale.

Lin Weimin was stunned. She actually thought the same as he did.

Soon, in the study upstairs.

Lin Jianzhou was writing a report with his glasses on when he saw Lin Muyu and Lin Weimin knock on the door and come in without waiting for him to say hello.

"What are you two doing? Do you understand the rules..."

"Dad!" Without waiting for the serious father to finish, Lin Muyu, who was ready to be scolded, said calmly and confidently: "When are you going to think about solving Li Xiangnan's accommodation problem?"

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