Chapter 284: Small Building

An Zhixia thought of the love between parents in the 1970s and 1980s TV series, and said with a smile: "I see that you get along well with your colleagues. Although I don't know much about this place, the atmosphere in the motorcade is definitely better than that of the TV station, which is conducive to my collection of materials and writing programs that are closer to the lives of the people.

The main thing is that you are here.”

Fang Yuan paused, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, his voice a little hoarse: "If this wasn't outside, I think I could have gotten rid of you with just this sentence!"

An Zhixia puffed out her cheeks at him and hummed, "You're right. When the time comes, I'll have to worry about not getting the marriage certificate."

"It seems I have to work hard to marry my young wife home as soon as possible, so that you won't complain to me all day about being alone in an empty room," Fang Yuan smiled and suppressed the anger in his heart, flicking her forehead with his finger, "Let's go to the canteen to get food first. The food in the transport team is pretty good. There is a meat dish at noon and dinner every day, and rice and steamed buns can also be purchased with tickets."

As they were talking, they arrived at the small store in the transport team, and Fang Yuan went in to buy two lunch boxes, a teacup, and a thermos. The canteen was close to the living area, and it took about ten minutes to walk. The long whistle for dinner was blown, and people could reflexively smell the mixed smell of food and heat under their noses.

People were rushing home after get off work, and women and children in the family quarters were talking and laughing as they went to the canteen with their lunch boxes, and the flow of people suddenly became dense.

Although Fang Yuan had only been here for two days and today was his first day at work, many people recognized him. There was even an old lady who saw An Zhixia and smiled and greeted her: "Captain Fang, is this your girlfriend? She's so handsome!"

Fang Yuan whispered to An Zhixia, "This is the old squad leader's wife. You have to call her Sister Deng."

An Zhixia pursed her lips and smiled and nodded: "Hello, Sister Deng, my name is An Zhixia."

"Hello, hello," Mrs. Deng nodded repeatedly, "Captain Fang is a capable man. He has only been here for the whole morning. Old Deng praised him a lot when he went home. Comrade Xiao An is lucky. You haven't eaten yet, right? Hurry up and get some food. Today is Wednesday and we have stewed eggplant with pork ribs, which goes especially well with rice. My silly boys each ate three or four steamed buns!" When she said this, she was both happy and a little distressed.

The group went to the cafeteria. Fang Yuan asked An Zhixia to sit and wait while he washed the rice bowl and queued up to get rice. Then he filled a kettle with hot water. When he came back, he saw his three children holding their rice bowls and surrounding An Zhixia, smiling and acting coquettishly.

"Didn't you say you would wait for me to come back?" Fang Yuan rubbed the child's hair helplessly.

"I saw my sister at home. I was afraid that dad wouldn't be able to bring the food, so I came here with my brother and sister," the little girl snuggled in An Zhixia's arms, smiling with her millet teeth showing.

"Let's go home and talk about it," Fang Yuan felt the gossiping eyes of the family members around him, so he stuffed the rice jar into his son's hand, and held two jars in one hand and the thermos in the other.

The transport brigade in the central district is indeed very large, with ten brigades alone, each of which has ten squads, each of which contains five classes, and each class has five vehicles and ten drivers. Therefore, the rows of tube-shaped buildings in the family quarters are quite spectacular.

The house Fang Yuan was assigned was on the easternmost floor on the left side of the third row. They had to pass through more than ten households, greeting people with a smile as they walked, and finally arrived at their doorstep covered in cooking fumes.

When An Zhixia came over, she glanced at other people's house plans.

The weather is warm now, and almost all the doors and windows of any house are open. Some people have a single room, with a bed made of three-meter by two-meter wooden boards placed horizontally in a 15-square-meter house. There is a dining table in the middle of the room, wardrobes and boxes on one side, and pot racks, thermoses and other sundries on the other side. Even the doorway is fully utilized, with a locked cupboard on one side and a stove for cooking on the other side. The corridor occupies some space on both sides, making the corridor mostly cramped.

What’s even more maddening is that everyone values their bicycles so much that they’re afraid they’ll be stolen, so when they get home from get off work they’ll carry the bikes to their doorsteps, leaving just enough space for two people to pass close together!

Even if it was a connected two-room house, it still felt crowded, dark and messy.

An Zhixia's scalp felt numb. The TV station's tube building had a single row of rooms, but the transport team had two rows on one floor. Because there was only one window for light, and the environment was crowded and noisy, the oppressive feeling made people feel suffocated for no reason.

There is a large window at the end of the corridor. The setting sun pours down softly, making the room much brighter and also brushing away the depression in my heart.

Fang Songyan took out the key tied with a red rope from his neck and ran to the front to open the door.

Fang Yuan introduced to An Zhixia in a low voice: "The eight rooms near the corridor windows are slightly larger, each with an area of 20 square meters. When I was in Jiangzhou, I asked someone to occupy this room for me. I asked a friend to help me re-partition and simply decorate it. Do you like it?"

After hearing this, An Zhixia was full of anticipation.

As soon as the door was opened, the setting sun shone down freely, covering everything in sight with a layer of honey color, making it seem like two different worlds compared to the outside world. She turned her head to look at the house wall with some joy.

He coughed softly, "It's already unfair enough for you to live with us in the caravan. We can't let our family be as depressed and bored as other families, right?"

She looked around with a smile. Because this room was on the east side, in addition to the south window, there was another window on the left side, which allowed for excellent lighting. Under the south window was a large bed that was connected to the wall horizontally for 42.1 meters. In the middle was a 2.2-meter-long kang table, which served as a place for the children to do their homework. There were bookshelves inlaid 40 centimeters above the bed. The east and west walls were surrounded by a one-meter-wide floral cloth, and a row of hooks were set up to hang clothes.

The roof was tied with three bamboo tubes running horizontally and vertically. Without waiting for An Zhixia to think about it, Fang Lixi took off his shoes and jumped onto the bed. He released the six ropes tied to the bed, and the bamboo tubes rolled down, tightly dividing the bed into two closed small bamboo rooms.

Fang Gexin lifted up the drooping bed sheet and excitedly introduced it to An Zhixia: "Sister, look, it can hold a lot of things, and it's not messy or dirty at all."

It turns out that the space under the bed is made into a pull-out cabinet with extremely good sealing. Not only does it provide a place to put bedding and clothes, but shoes and sundries can also be neatly put away. It is almost like placing a 4*0.6-meter cabinet horizontally under the bed, saving a lot of space.

Under the east window is a row of fabric sofas and the coffee table can be raised and lowered. It can be raised to serve as a dining table during meals and lowered at other times so as not to obstruct the view. There is a layer of transparent glass on it, and under the glass is a beautiful pink and white checkered tablecloth.

Opposite was a TV cabinet with a 14-inch color TV covered by a pure white cloth embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and the cabinet underneath served as a cupboard.

(End of this chapter)