Chapter 130

Residents from other courtyards nearby saw this and approached carefully to ask who was moving out.
When people learned that Li Jiandong was going to move out, discussions suddenly broke out.

"Li Jiandong is leaving, and Yard No. 40 will be in decline."

"Who says it's not true? They should have benefited enough from following Li Jiandong."

"Even if Li Jiandong leaves, there are still several of his disciples in Yard 40, and they are still better than most of us."

"Alas, you said we don't have that kind of luck. It would be great if Li Jiandong moved to our hospital."

Soon the news spread to the street, and even Director Zheng of the street came to see Li Jiandong off.

"Jiandong, are you moving out so soon? Oh, you mean that old guy Yang Jianye? I've already told him to give me a few days. Otherwise, how about you stay with me? Can I give you my house?"

Director Zheng also didn't want Li Jiandong to leave.

He is a rare talent in Nanluoguxiang. Not only is he the most advanced person in the compound every year and always ahead of others in everything he does, he also helped build a hydropower station in Nanluoguxiang.

Although the hydropower station is now in operation, it is the same with or without Li Jiandong.

But he also felt it was a pity to let go of such a great hero.

However, at this point, it was too late for him to give his house to Li Jiandong.

"Director Zheng, although I have moved away, I am still a member of Nanluoguxiang. I will come back to see you during the holidays."

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

Director Zheng is a good person, and Li Jiandong treats him as an elder.

"Ugh."

Director Zheng sighed. He knew it was too late to say anything now. He only hated himself for not thinking about it at that time. There were no houses in Nanluoguxiang, but didn’t he have a house?

Although his rank was not high enough, as a street director, he was assigned a separate household.

If Director Zheng had known that the steel mill was so anxious, he would have been willing to give his house to Li Jiandong.

After everything was packed, Li Jiandong, Qin Huairu and the children got into their own jeeps, while the others climbed onto the large truck driven by Yan Jiecheng.

In just a few minutes, they arrived at Li Jiandong's new home.

When the residents saw Li Jiandong's new house, they were all excited.
Such a large second courtyard belongs entirely to Li Jiandong. If it were them, they would definitely move.

"Lao Li, your house is so big, is it okay for us to come over and stay for a few days?"

Yan Bugui said with a smile.

He Daqing also said, "Why don't Huizhen and I move in here too? I'll be your cook."

Li Jiandong laughed:

"This is a great relationship, why don't you move in too?"

"Well!……"

He Daqing was just talking. He was used to living there, and might not be used to it if he really moved in. Besides, this was Li Jiandong's home after all. It was okay for him to come and visit occasionally, but how could he have the nerve to live in someone else's house every day?
"Forget it. My Huizhen still has to take care of the tavern. It's inconvenient for her to live here."

Li Jiandong laughed out loud.

Others were also making fun of He Daqing for being dominated by his wife. To be honest, He Daqing was really good to his woman, and Xu Huizhen had the final say on many matters at home.

Of course, this is also because Xu Huizhen is smart and sensible, and she also gives face to He Daqing outside.

The group first moved Li Jiandong's furniture and luggage out of the car, and then put them into the house.

There are so many rooms, but they are all empty. It is completely impossible to see the little wealth Li Jiandong has in them. It seems that I will have to find someone to make more furniture in the future.

There are three rooms in the backyard. Li Jiandong, Qin Huairu and their little daughter live in one, their three sons live in another, and the remaining living room is of course used for meeting guests.

There are four rooms in the front yard, one for Xu Zhengyang, and the remaining three are warehouses and guest rooms.

Although it has its own door and yard, there is still no toilet or bathroom.

But this is not a problem. Now the house belongs to Li Jiandong. He just needs to find someone to build a room in the corner of the backyard. Then he won’t have to go out to go to the toilet or take a shower.

We finished moving before ten o'clock.

He Daqing and Sha Zhu happened to be there, so Li Jiandong asked Yan Jiecheng and Jia Dongxu to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. Since there were many people here today, they might as well set up a pot here.

Yan Jiecheng drove and took Jia Dongxu back from buying groceries quickly.

Everyone helped out, some washed vegetables, some picked vegetables. Although there was not much furniture in the new house, there were still pots.

As for the seasoning, Li Jiandong brought some from there, which is enough for the time being.

With dozens of people working together, the meal was cooked quite quickly, and the aroma of the food wafted out in no time.

The fragrance drifted out of the yard and spread to the next door.

A divorced woman with a child lived next door. She had just returned home to eat and stopped when she smelled the fragrance.

"Whose cooking smells so good? It seems to be coming from the courtyard next door. Which courtyard has someone moved in?"

The woman's son also smelled the fragrance.

Yelling beside him:

"Mom, I want to eat meat. I smell meat."

Chen Xueru's family conditions are relatively good because she can live here. If it were a few years ago, her family would have had meat to eat every day.

But now is a difficult time. Although the hybrid rice of Xu Damao's team is about to be harvested, it has not been harvested yet. There is a shortage of food everywhere, let alone meat.

"Be good, wait at home. I'll see if I can go next door and buy you something."

Chen Xueru touched the child's head. She and the child depended on each other for survival, and she didn't want to let the child suffer.

He took out his wallet, took out 10 yuan from it, thought for a while, and then took out two cloth coupons.

It is not easy to eat meat these days. Chen Xueru does not like to take advantage of others. The 10 yuan and two cloth coupons are enough to buy several pounds of meat. After all, cloth coupons are very rare and sometimes more valuable than meat coupons.

After preparing the money and tickets, Chen Xueru walked towards the gate of the courtyard next door, where the aroma of vegetables was wafting from.

Looking at the large trucks and jeeps parked at the door, Chen Xueru knew that the person who moved in must be a big leader.

Although some engineers are also equipped with cars, it can be seen from the license plate number that this person is a cadre.

Chen Xueru was a little troubled for a moment. She came here a little rashly today.

Judging from the noisy noises in the yard, there should be quite a few people. It doesn't seem very polite to go in and ask someone to buy meat.

But the child hasn't eaten meat for more than half a month. Because it is a difficult period, the country's crackdown on speculation has been unprecedentedly intensified. Now it is difficult to buy meat tickets even in the pigeon market.

If you don't have the guts to go in and buy some, you might not be able to buy meat even if you wait another half a month.

"Well, for the sake of the children, it's okay to be embarrassed."

Chen Xueru sighed and prepared to walk into the courtyard in front of her.

Just at this moment, Sha Zhu walked out of the yard holding a basin of dirty water from washing vegetables.

Suddenly, he saw a woman standing at the door, and Sha Zhu subconsciously took a look. As a result, after just one look, Sha Zhu could no longer move away.

Chen Xueru felt a little nervous when she saw someone walking out of the yard.

I was just trying to get close to the other person so that it would be easier for me to go in and ask for a piece of meat later.

When she looked over, she saw Sha Zhu staring at her. She immediately frowned and felt a little disgusted.

This guy looks like a normal person, but why does he have such dead eyes?

Chen Xueru was a little frightened and turned around to leave.

As soon as she turned around, she thought of her son's pitiful little eyes and Chen Xueru stood still again.

When Sha Zhu saw Chen Xueru suddenly turn around, he finally came to his senses from his daze.

Subconsciously asked: "Hello, what can I do for you?"

Chen Xueru hesitated for more than ten seconds before turning around and saying,

"Hello, are you new here?"

"No, this is my master's home. I came here today to help with the move."

Sha Zhu said honestly that when he heard Chen Xueru's voice, he felt his heart numb.

Now that she had started talking, Chen Xueru was no longer as nervous as before.

Look at Shazhu again, although he is a bit ugly, he seems stupid and a bit cowardly. This kind of person looks burly, but he probably doesn't have the courage to do bad things.

So, Chen Xueru breathed a sigh of relief and her expression relaxed a lot.

Pointing to the gate of his own house behind him, he said:
"I'm your master's neighbor. I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. I haven't been able to buy meat for a long time. Just now, I smelled the aroma of meat from your master's house, and my son was so hungry that he kept making a fuss. So I wanted to come over to visit and see if I could share some meat with my son. Of course, we won't take it for free, and we will definitely pay enough."

"Master, can you go back and ask your master for me? If it works, I will go in. Otherwise, it would be too abrupt."

Chen Xueru was originally struggling over whether or not to go in. If Sha Zhu could pass on the message for her, she wouldn't have to worry about it.

When Sha Zhu heard that the other party already had a son, he suddenly became nervous.

Having a son is not a big problem, but doesn’t having a son mean that she already has a partner?
It was the first time that Sha Zhu met the other person. He didn’t know why he felt uncomfortable and stood there at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, Xu Huizhen came out of the yard, shouting as she walked,
"Zhu Zi, who are you talking to? Your dad is calling you to come in and help."

He Daqing was cooking in there, and he was not used to not having someone to help him.

As Xu Huizhen was talking, she had already walked to the gate. When she saw Chen Xueru standing at the door, she was stunned on the spot.

"Xue Ru? Is it really you? Why are you here?"

"Xu Huizhen? Why are you here too? I heard that you married a divorced man. Could he be the new resident of this courtyard?"

Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen have known each other since childhood, and they have always been competing with each other.

Later, Chen Xueru married the owner of the Hou family silk shop, and Xu Huizhen married and moved to Nanluoguxiang. The two have rarely seen each other in recent years.

At that time, Chen Xueru heard that Xu Huizhen had married a divorced man, and she was proud for a while.

After all, the man she married was much stronger than Xu Huizhen in terms of wealth and other aspects, which made her, who had been dominated by Xu Huizhen since childhood, very secretly happy.

But today.

When Chen Xueru saw Xu Huizhen walking out of the house next door, she immediately felt jealous.

You should know that although the house next door has two courtyards, it is designed as a single household, which means that only one family lives in the entire courtyard.

Chen Xueru's house has a second courtyard of the same size, but one household lives in the front and one in the back. Just from this point of view, she cannot compare with Xu Huizhen.

Secondly, Chen Xueru has not had a very happy life in recent years.

Her man seems to be an outstanding person, but he is actually a useless person. He only relies on the influence of his ancestors to own the silk shop he has now. In fact, he has no business skills at all.

A well-run silk shop was almost closed down because of him.

In the end, Chen Xueru couldn't stand it anymore and took over the management, which brought the store back to life.

As a result, because she was busy with work all day, she didn't even know that her husband ran away with someone else.

Chen Xueru has a son and a career, so she didn't feel that life was difficult at the beginning. Her man was gone, so was he. Anyway, Chen Xueru didn't look down on that kind of useless man.

But with the implementation of comprehensive public-private partnership, Chen Xueru is now going to lose even her silk shop.

Although she still worked in the silk shop and still received her share of the profits, with the government representative present, Chen Xueru no longer had the final say, so she no longer had the same enthusiasm as before.

Although her life is not in shabby condition now, she no longer has the vigor and vitality she once had.

When she was at her lowest point, she suddenly saw the friend she used to compare herself with. You can imagine how she felt.

However, Xu Huizhen's next words made her feel a little better.

"How could that be possible? My husband is not so lucky to move here.

This is the courtyard of my family's master Zhuzi. His master and I live in the same courtyard. We came here today to help move. "

Xu Huizhen knew why Chen Xueru was so sad.

When she was a child, she also tried hard to compete with Chen Xueru. Later, after she got married and moved into Yard 40, the neighbors lived in harmony and helped each other. Her thoughts also changed with the environment.

Now seeing that Chen Xueru had misunderstood, Xu Huizhen did not deliberately hide it from her, but told her the truth directly.

When Chen Xueru heard that this was not Xu Huizhen's home, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he suddenly laughed again, pointed at Shazhu and asked,

"You said this is your child? The son of that divorced man? Xu Huizhen, are you kidding me? He looks older than you, right?"

Chen Xueru is good-looking, but her emotional intelligence is not high.

It's bad enough that he likes to compare with others, but he also often speaks in a way that is provocative.

If she didn't have good tailoring and design skills, her silk shop would have closed down long ago just because of her mouth.

When Sha Zhu heard this, his old face turned red, but Xu Huizhen admitted it generously.

"Yes, Zhuzi is only a few years younger than me, but he grew up a little anxiously. By the way, why are you here? Is your family nearby?"

Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru got married at about the same time, and both said they were playmates since childhood.

In fact, he is more like a rival, so he has not been to Chen Xueru's house for all these years.

When Chen Xueru heard her question, she also remembered what she was here for.

His arrogance suddenly subsided, and he said with a dry cough:
"That's right. I live next door to you. The smell of meat here is so strong that my son is almost crying. I think it's embarrassing, so I want to come here to ask for some meat to feed my child."

At this time, Sha Zhu suddenly interrupted and said:

"Where's your man? If he doesn't come out for something like this, how can he let a woman like you come out?"

(End of this chapter)