Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

After Li Yu got off work, Li Jianshe called him to his home.

Just as Li Yu arrived at the residential building, he encountered several children playing by the roadside. He went up to greet them.

As soon as the children saw Li Yu walking over, they all ran away.

Only one chubby little boy sat on the ground, covering his eyes with his chubby hands: "I can't see me, I can't see me!"

As soon as he removed his hands, he saw Li Yu standing in front of him.

"Ahhh! Don't eat me!" she cried, kicking her short legs wildly as she tried to back away.

Seeing this, Li Yu felt deeply puzzled. Was he really that scary?

Looking at the child screaming in fright, Li Yu took out some candy from his pocket, handed it to the child, and then asked:

"Little friends, I don't eat people, why are you all so afraid of me?"

The chubby boy was about to grab some candy when he saw it, but then he remembered his friend's description of Li Yu and pulled his hand back.

Seeing the chubby boy's frightened expression, Li Yu had a sudden inspiration and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll come looking for you every day!"

When the chubby boy heard that Li Yu was going to come see him every day, he was so frightened that he quickly started talking.

It turns out that a child saw Li Yu carrying Yang Weimin, who was covered in blood, out of Yang Weimin's house, and spread rumors that Li Yu was a monster and that he was cruel.

Not only that, they also went to the steel mill's bulletin board and saw Li Yu's photo. The child told everyone that if they met Li Yu, they should stay far away, otherwise Li Yu would break their limbs and eat them.

Li Yu was speechless after hearing this. He gave the chubby boy two pieces of candy and then went to Li Jianshe's house.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw that the table was full of dishes, and Li Jianshe kept running to the kitchen.

Upon seeing Li Yu arrive, he said, "Little Yu, you're here? Please have a seat; there's still some soup left."

"Oh, Xiaoyu, you've finally arrived!" Li Jianshe's wife said to Li Yu as she came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of soup.

Actually, Li Jianshe invited Li Yu to his home for dinner today for two reasons.

One reason was that his wife kept saying she missed Li Yu.

Also, with the Lunar New Year just over ten days away, I plan to have Li Yu come to my home for the holiday.

At the dinner table, Li Jianshe's wife kept putting food on Li Yu's plate.

"Come to Xiaoyu and try this, have some of this."

Li Jianshe, who was standing to the side, was almost jealous.

"You didn't even put any food on my plate," Li Jianshe said while eating.

Upon seeing this, Li Jianshe's wife said, "How old are you? You're still jealous of children."

After saying that, he still put a big piece of chicken on Li Jianshe's plate: "Here, here! This is yours, okay?"

"Pfft!" Li Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud at this scene.

Li Jianshe and his wife looked at Li Yu and burst into laughter.

Then Li Jianshe said, "Aren't you envious? You're not getting any younger, you should hurry up and find someone."

Li Jianshe's wife chimed in, "If your steel rolling mill doesn't have a suitable one, I can introduce you to one."

Li Yu couldn't help but complain inwardly that even after time-traveling, he couldn't escape being pressured to get married.

Li Yu quickly waved his hand and said, "There's no rush, and I'm really busy right now, so I don't have time."

"No matter how busy you are, you can't let the wedding be delayed! Listen to your aunt, I'll arrange something for you another day."

Seeing that Aunt Zhang was serious, Li Yu quickly said, "Actually, I'm already in talks."

"Really?" Li Jianshe's wife asked doubtfully.

Li Jianshe said, "Could it be Bai Ling?"

"Oh, is that the girl you told me about who's always around Li Yu?"

Li Yu forced a smile and said, "Yes, it is her."

Upon hearing this, Li Jianshe's wife immediately said, "Why didn't you bring him to meet us? Why don't you bring him back for the New Year so we can see him?"

At this moment, Li Jianshe said from the side, "That Bai Ling's family seems to be quite extraordinary. Xiao Yu will probably have to work harder to be with her."

Li Jianshe's wife was displeased upon hearing this: "My Li Yu is not only a workshop director but also a level four engineer. What family doesn't deserve him!"

Li Yu smiled awkwardly and said, "We're not even close to being together yet! No rush."

After dinner, Li Yu, who had just left Li Jianshe's house, strolled leisurely towards the courtyard house, pushing his bicycle.

When Li Jianshe and his wife saw Li Yu off, they invited him to come to their home for the New Year, but Li Yu refused.

Because Li Yu said he wanted to pay respects to his parents at home.

Later, Li Jianshe gave Li Yu two dried fish and a piece of dried cured meat to take back and eat.

As soon as Li Yu entered the courtyard, he bumped into Bang Geng, who had run out to use the toilet.

As Banggeng passed by Li Yu, he immediately spotted the cured meat and fish on Li Yu's bicycle.

When Banggeng returned to the Jia family home after using the restroom, he told Jia Zhangshi about seeing fish and cured meat hanging on Li Yu's cart.

Jia Zhangshi whispered to Banggeng, "Come back early tomorrow afternoon and bring all the goods home for him. Then we'll have our New Year's goods."

Banggeng immediately nodded, "Okay, Grandma, I'll take them all to him tomorrow."

"By the way, whatever you do, don't tell your mom, or she definitely won't allow it," Jia Zhangshi said to Banggeng.

Back home, Li Yu hung the meat and fish on the kitchen beam, intending to let them air dry for a few more days so that they would taste even better.

The next afternoon, the women in the courtyard finished their meals and were either busy at home or sleeping.

Banggeng sneaked to Li Yu's house, avoiding everyone's gaze.

Seeing that Li Yu's door was locked, Bang Geng cursed under his breath, "Damn Li Yu, he even locked the door."

He originally intended to pick the lock slowly, but Li Yu's lock was too difficult and would take too long to be seen.

He went to push open each window until he reached the kitchen.

Because ventilation is needed when cooking, Bai Ling didn't lock the kitchen window.

The stick opened with a push.

Through the window, Bang Geng immediately saw the fish and meat that Li Yu had hung on the roof beam.

The sticky goose climbed into the kitchen to get the fish and meat, but it was too short to reach them.

He went around looking for something to step on, and when he came to Li Yu's desk and saw a chair, he planned to take it away.

Out of the corner of his eye, Bang Geng noticed a pile of documents on Li Yu's desk and curiously started flipping through them.

Seeing all the various blueprints, he felt it was boring and was about to put it down when suddenly he stuffed the whole bunch of sticks into his arms.

"Hmph! I'll burn them all for you!"

It took Banggeng quite a while to get the meat and fish from the roof beam.

He stuffed the things into his arms, and now Banggeng's belly was bulging.

It took a lot of effort to climb out of the Li family's house by standing on a stool.

Banggeng returned home with a belly full of stuff, only to see Jia Zhangshi hurriedly saying:

"How's it going? Did you get it?"

Banggeng proudly raised its head and said with a look of self-satisfaction, "Of course I got it!"

As he spoke, he pulled the meat and fish out, and at the same time, several blueprints fell out.

Madam Jia quickly reached out and took the meat: "You must hide this well, Li Yu might search every house and household."

Jia Zhangshi stuffed the meat into the rice jar and covered it with rice.

When Banggeng saw that Jia Zhangshi had gone to hide the meat, he ran off to play.

Seeing a few pieces of paper on the ground, Jia Zhangshi didn't pay any attention and picked them up, placing them next to the stove fire, intending to use them to start the fire the next time she lit the stove.