Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 89: Preparing to buy a courtyard house and collect antiques
In the next few days, except for the day when he and Zhou Xiaolin went back to visit their parents, Li Weidong stayed in the institute to work until another weekend came.

This weekend, Zhou Xiaobai, Zhang Haiyang and others came over. This time, no one went to pick them up, but they came over on their own.

Li Weidong gave each of them a cup of interstellar spring water and then let them practice on the training ground. After observing for a few weekends, Li Weidong found that the interstellar spring water could indeed slowly improve a person's physical fitness.

Li Weidong gave the spring water to Zhou Xiaolin, Chen Xueru, Xu Huizhen, his teacher and his wife, and other close relatives. He told them that it was a family healer's potion that required many precious herbs and his unique technique, making it very difficult to make, so he asked them not to tell anyone.

In the past few days, Wang Xinyi and Yang Ruoxi often came to see Li Weidong, often asking him about trivial matters. Li Weidong even wondered how they got promoted.

Li Weidong told them how to solve the problem, or who to find to solve it, and then they left. But not long after, another small problem arose, which made Li Weidong very helpless.

After leaving the research institute in the afternoon, Li Weidong went to the dormitory to find Zhou Xiaolin.

When I entered the dormitory, I found Wang Xinyi and Yang Ruoxi talking to Zhou Xiaolin and her sister. When Zhou Xiaobai found out that Li Weidong had returned, he ran to Li Weidong.

"Brother-in-law, isn't today the weekend? Why are you still working? You don't even want to play with me."

"Xiaobai, your brother-in-law has been a little busy at work recently. When I finish this project, I will take you out for a walk," Li Weidong touched Zhou Xiaobai's head and said to her.

Zhou Xiaobai narrowed his eyes happily, took Li Weidong's hand and said:
"Brother-in-law, let's make a deal. We can't lie to people. Liars are like dogs."

"Okay, don't worry, my brother-in-law never lies," Li Weidong said with a smile.

At this time, Zhou Xiaolin said:

"Brother Dong, you're almost spoiling this little girl."

Li Weidong chuckled twice and said nothing.

At this time, Yang Ruoxi said:

"Captain, why are you back so early today? Aren't you usually back after eight?"

Li Weidong also smiled and said:

"I have to go out again today. I have something to do, so I came back early."

Yang Ruoxi and Wang Xinyi looked at each other, and Wang Xinyi said:
"Director, you're quite familiar with our city. Do you know where the best places are for making clothes?"

Li Weidong looked at Wang Xinyi in surprise and was about to say something?
Zhou Xiaolin suddenly said:
"Sister Xinyi, you want to make clothes? Brother Dong and I have a friend who runs a silk shop. The clothes she makes are very good. If you want to make some, you can come with us tonight. We can even give you a discount then."

Wang Xinyi said, "That's great. Ruolin and I are planning to go buy some clothes. When are we leaving?"

Zhou Xiaolin said:
"Just waiting for Brother Dong, let's set off immediately"

After Zhou Xiaolin finished speaking, she glanced at Li Weidong, who nodded. Then Li Weidong went out to borrow a jeep.

After a while, Li Weidong drove over in a jeep. Everyone got in the car and drove towards Qianmen Street.

The first place we went to was the Xue Ru Silk Shop, after all, we had to buy clothes. If we went too late, everyone would have gone off work.

After arriving at the silk shop and parking the car, Li Weidong led everyone into the silk shop.

As soon as Li Weidong and his friends entered the door, they were discovered by Chen Xueru, who hurried over.

"Dongzi, how come Xiaolin is free to come here today?" Chen Xueru said with a smile.

"Sister Xueru, the two section chiefs of our institute wanted to buy some clothes, so they asked us to bring them over." Li Weidong said with a smile.

Zhou Xiaolin jokingly said, "Sister Xueru, we'd like to introduce you to some business. Would you like to treat us to a meal?"

"Then I will definitely treat you to a meal. I'll ask someone to buy you whatever you want to eat." Chen Xueru also said with a smile.

At this time, Zhou Xiaobai, who had been silent on the side, suddenly said:
"Sister Xueru, let's eat roast duck."

"Okay, let's eat roast duck today. Listen to Xiaobai."

"Sister Xueru, can we think about the food later? Can you entertain the guests first?" Li Weidong teased.

"Oh, it's my fault. Every time I see you, I forget other things. Well, what are the names of the two section chiefs?" Chen Xueru complained and said to Yang Ruoxi and Wang Xinyi.

"Hello, my name is Yang Ruoxi, and I work in the Human Resources Department." Yang Ruoxi said
"Hello, my name is Wang Xinyi, and I'm from the Finance Department." Wang Xinyi said.

"Uh, hello, Section Chief Yang, hello, Section Chief Wang, come here, please put the clothes over here." With that, Chen Xueru, Yang Ruoxi and Wang Xinyi were led to the place where clothes were sold.

After a while, the clothes were bought and everyone came over together.

"Dongzi, Xiaolin, you guys go to the tavern first. I'll wait until the roast duck arrives and then I'll go over. I haven't been to see you for several days," said Chen Xueru.

Li Weidong nodded and took Zhou Xiaolin and the others to the tavern. When they arrived at the tavern, it was still early and there were no customers yet. Xu Hui was really playing with Li Er.

Seeing Li Weidong and the others coming, Xu Huizhen hurriedly came over with Li'er in her arms.

"Oh, what a rare guest! You two still remember me, your sister. You haven't come to see me for such a long time." Xu Huizhen said in a funny way, and glanced at Li Weidong subtly in the middle.

"Aren't you busy with work?" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Yes, Sister Huizhen, Brother Dong has been very busy with work recently. That's why he comes here as soon as he has time," Zhou Xiaolin also said with a smile.

"Well, you are worthy of being a couple. Look at how the husband and wife follow each other. Have you eaten? Do you want me to make something for you?" Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at the two of them and then asked.

"No need, Sister Huizhen, Sister Xueru will be here soon and bring roast duck," said Zhou Xiaolin.

"Well, okay then. Oh, by the way, who are these two?" Xu Huizhen asked when she saw Wang Xinyi and Yang Ruoxi.

Li Weidong took Li'er from Xu Huizhen's arms, took Zhou Xiaobai to the side, and started playing with Li'er.

Zhou Xiaolin introduced Xu Huizhen, and then the four women started chattering together.

After a while, Chen Xueru also came and joined the chatting group.

Zhou Xiaobai was so anxious that he jumped up and down, circling around Li Weidong. Finally, when he saw that Li Weidong didn't respond, he hurriedly said:

"Brother-in-law, look, they've brought roast duck, but they haven't eaten yet. I'm starving!"

Li Weidong chuckled and said to Zhou Xiaobai, "Oh, Xiaobai, so you're hungry. I thought you were jumping up and down, what was that for?"

Then Li Ruidong turned around and said to the few people who were chatting:
"Hey, stop chatting. Xiaobai is hungry. Let's chat after dinner."

After hearing what Li Weidong said, the girls who were chatting rolled their eyes at him, but did not continue the conversation. They all came over to prepare for dinner.

After they finished their meal, classes began at the tavern, and Xu Huizhen hurried to entertain them. The remaining girls continued chatting together, while Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai continued to play with Li Er. After a while, Niu Ye finally arrived.

When Li Weidong saw Master Niu coming, he left the matter to the girls and went to meet him.

"Niu Ye"

"Hey, brother, I'm here today," said Niu Ye

The two chatted and found an empty table to sit down. They asked Zhou Xiaobai, who had nothing to do, to get some wine and some snacks. The two chatted and drank slowly at the table. After chatting for a while, Li Weidong finally got down to business.

"Uncle Niu, I also want to buy a courtyard, a larger courtyard house. Can you help me find one?" Li Weidong said
"Buying a yard? No problem. Leave it to me." Grandpa Niu promised, patting his chest.

"Then thank you, Master Niu." Li Weidong said politely.

"Hey, why are we talking about this, brother?" Uncle Niu said nonchalantly.

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Niu, do you have any friends who sell antiques or something like that? I've been quite interested in this area recently. If you have any friends, you can introduce them to me. I won't bargain for them if I receive them. I'll just buy them at the market price." Li Weidong said to Uncle Niu.

"Brother, do you have a hobby in this area? Okay, I'll ask for you later. If someone wants to sell it, I'll notify you then." Uncle Niu agreed readily.

Li Weidong chatted with Niu Ye for a while, then went back to Zhou Xiaolin and the others.

Li Wendong looked at the time and saw it was past eleven o'clock, so he said to everyone:
"It's getting late, shouldn't we go?"

Zhou Xiaolin said, "Brother Dong, we're not leaving. We'll stay here tonight. You can just send Xiaobai back later."

Zhou Xiaobai's face was full of reluctance. She also wanted to stay, but was ruthlessly suppressed by Zhou Xiaolin.

Li Weidong took Zhou Xiaobai and sent her back to the compound, promising to pick her up next weekend, and then returned to the tavern.

After returning, all the guests in the tavern had left and Xu Huizhen was cleaning the guest rooms. When Li Weidong came back, he was told that there was no place for him to stay and he was asked to stay overnight at Chen Xueru's hotel.

Zhou Xiaolin secretly gave Li Weidong a look where no one else could see, and then asked Chen Xueru to take Li Weidong back.

After Chen Xueru brought Li Weidong into the store, she closed the door and pounced on him.

Tonight, Chen Xueru was particularly wild, as if she wanted to make up for the past few days, and continued until four or five in the morning. As a result, Chen Xueru couldn't get up, so she asked Li Weidong to hang a sign in her shop, saying that it was a day off. Li Weidong was immediately amused and confused.

Li Weidong followed Chen Xueru's instructions and put up a sign on the silk shop to suspend business for one day. He then closed the door for her and drove to the tavern.

Li Weidong went to the tavern, picked up the three women, and after receiving a resentful look from Xu Huizhen, he returned to the research institute.

(End of this chapter)