"Take it." Lin Yongnian handed the three big unity notes to Li Shuping.

The latter took the money, frowned and asked: "Why is it only thirty yuan?"

Lin Yongnian: "I'm a little short of money this month, so I'll give you 50 yuan a month starting next month."

This month's salary was estimated from half a month's salary last month. I gave 15 yuan to my two daughters-in-law for living expenses and 5 yuan to Zhang Jiao for laundry. In total, I spent more than 30 yuan to buy the family's monthly rations.

After giving Li Shuping another thirty yuan, there would only be about twenty yuan left, and he had to keep some for himself.

In fact, both Lin Guodong and Lin Jianshe were funded by the government, so they could have paid for their own food.

But Lin Yongnian felt that before Li Shuping left home, she had never asked them to pay for food. If they were asked to pay now, it would mean that their family would become worse and worse without her, Li Shuping.

So Lin Yongnian decided to let his sons pay for it, and he paid for it all by himself.

Anyway, his money will eventually be given to the children.

Li Shuping curled her lips, put the money in her bag, turned and left.

Aunt Zhao: "Shuping, are you leaving now?"

"Yeah, see you later, Sister Zhao."

Lin Yongnian pointed at Li Shuping's back as she left, and said to Lin Jianshe and the others, "Look, look! She only cares about money now. She's afraid that someone won't give her the little money she has, and she keeps coming to ask for it."

Lin Jianshe pouted, "She has always been like this."

"Why was I so blind as to marry her?" Lin Yongnian sighed as he sat on a reclining chair.

If someone else got married, he would also get divorced at the age of knowing the destiny and be laughed at by others.

Lin Yongnian completely forgot that he was the one who pursued Li Shuping first because she was honest, hardworking, pretty, had no family, and was ready for marriage.

After getting married, she takes care of the family wholeheartedly, respects the elders and serves him.

So after the party ended, she took the initiative to find the women's director of the garment factory to be the introducer, and started dating her with the intention of getting married.

In order to get Li Shuping to marry him, he spent some time to please her during their relationship and get her to agree to marry him.

Li Shuping wanted to go to the store to check the progress of the implementation and buy two bottles of soda for Cheng Hongliang and Qin Ye. When she passed the No. 24 courtyard, she met Gu Zhenyuan who was walking towards her.

"Captain Gu..." Before she could even finish her word "Captain", Li Shuping covered her mouth with her hands and looked around to see that there was no one else around before she breathed a sigh of relief.

Captain Gu was in plain clothes today, and he might be hiding his identity to investigate some case. If someone heard her calling Captain Gu, would that expose him?

Gu Zhenyuan was a little confused. He looked around but didn't find anything unusual.

"What happened to Li Shuping?"

Li Shuping took a few steps forward and asked in a low voice, "Are you investigating the case incognito? If I call you Captain Gu, will it expose you?"

Gu Zhenyuan smiled and shook his head. "I'm here to investigate the case. I came to find you specifically."

This Li Shuping is quite imaginative.

"Looking for me?" Li Shuping asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

Gu Zhenyuan: "I have a neighbor who is sick. She wants to eat everything, and she wants to eat the dumplings you make."

"Your dumpling stall is closed, so her son wants you to come to his house and make dumplings for her. You can name the price."

Li Shuping: "Just let me open it, so generous?"

Gu Zhenyuan nodded, "You can ask for as much money as you want."

"I want two hundred dollars, and her family will give it to me?"

"......" Gu Zhenyuan spoke hesitantly, but he felt that she would not be the kind of person who would ask for two hundred.

Li Shuping smiled. It seemed that the old lady's family was well off, so she gave him 200 yuan.

"Since she likes my dumplings and she's sick now, she wants to eat some of my dumplings. I'm fine anyway, so I'll go make her some dumplings for free."

Gu Zhenyuan smiled, he was right about the person.

"Wait for me here for a moment. I'll go back and tell the kids something, then I'll go with you."

"good."

Li Shuping returned home and explained to Lin Xiaoyu that she would be at home at noon, and asked her to cook more food at home at noon and send a bowl of rice to Cheng Hongliang and Qin Ye who were working in the shop.

After giving the instructions, Li Shuping went out, walked to the entrance of the alley with Gu Zhenyuan, and got into his car.

After driving for more than twenty minutes, the car entered a tree-lined and very quiet road.

There are no buildings around, let alone factories. The environment is beautiful and the air is very good.

After driving for a few minutes, a large iron gate appeared with a man in military uniform standing guard. When he saw a car coming, the guard came out of the booth and opened the iron gate.

He was still standing at the door and saluted Gu Zhenyuan's car.

Gu Zhenyuan held the steering wheel, returned a salute very casually, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car in.

After the car drives in, there are two-story villas every three to five meters along the road. The environment inside is also very good, with driveways and walking paths.

In her previous life, Li Shuping also lived until 2010, but today, after following Gu Zhenyuan here, she has seen the world and gained some knowledge.

It's obvious that this is where the retired senior leaders of higher ranks live.

"Captain Gu, do you live here too?" Li Shuping asked.

Gu Zhenyuan nodded. "My parents came to live here after they retired. It's close to the Second Bureau, so I came to live with them. Both of them are old, so I live with them and can take care of them."

"Indeed." Li Shuping nodded.

"This is the house where my parents live." When passing by his own small building, Gu Zhenyuan drove the car a little slower.

Li Shuping tilted her neck to take a look. The two-story villa with white walls and red tiles was covered with pink roses, which looked very beautiful.

“What beautiful flowers.”

"My mother planted those flowers. When she has nothing to do, she either plays mahjong with other aunties in the compound or plants flowers."

"That's great." Li Shuping looked envious. This was her ideal retirement life.

She would work hard so that she could have such a wonderful retirement life when she was sixty.

The car stopped in front of the Li family's small building, and Gu Zhenyuan and Li Shuping got out of the car one after another.

The Li family doesn't have roses climbing all over the walls, but there are lilies planted in the yard. It's obvious that the hostess is a person who loves life very much.

"Ding-ling, ding-ling." Gu Zhenyuan took Li Shuping to the gate and rang the doorbell.

Nanny Sister Wang opened the door, stepped aside and stared at Li Shuping behind Gu Zhenyuan.

"Do you want to change your shoes?" Li Shuping asked, looking at the clean floor covered with liver-red tiles.

Gu Zhenyuan: "No need, just come in directly."

Li Shuping nodded and followed Gu Zhenyuan into the house. The house was decorated in a very traditional Japanese style, with a set of huanghuali wood furniture. It was simple and low-key, yet luxurious.

"Is anyone here?" Li Yunshu came down from upstairs after hearing the doorbell.