"You... Auntie is just like that, always nitpicking. Don't bother with her. This is the house I rented for you. It has one bedroom and one living room. You can move in."

"Dad, I can live there. It's close to my workplace."

"This place is very close to your workplace, just two stops away. Be good and don't let Dad worry. I'll have Xiao Wang help you move your things over here. I've prepared everything for you here. How have you been at work these past six months? Are you adjusting well?"

"It's pretty good. I can sort out the material quotations, do statistics, and inspect the materials every day. I can do it all."

Father Deng sighed and said, "Just keep doing it for now. Next year I'll find someone to help you get transferred to Urban Construction."

"People like me will not be taken seriously anywhere."

"It's better to work in the city construction than in the district."

Deng's father asked the driver Xiao Wang to help Deng Chen move his things over.

There wasn't much stuff, just a quilt, a few clothes, a few pairs of shoes, and only a few pots and pans for cooking. It was done in one trip.

The shoe factory building here belonged to an old friend of Deng's father. They moved into a new house and this house became vacant, so he rented it to his son. The dormitory building of his son's unit was simple, and he was not very good at cooking. He had to run a long way to get breakfast every day. There was a state-owned restaurant not far from the community here. The rent was five yuan a month, and he paid for a year.

Alas, both sons in the family are good. Although the eldest son resents him, he also knows how to take care of his younger brother.

After his mother made a fuss last time, he got what he wanted.

But the son didn't want it and is still living in the new house of the young couple.

The younger son didn't bother with them and gave up both houses.

It was all his fault that things had turned out like this, and he couldn't blame others for his mistakes. He tried his best to reconcile the relationships in his family, but unfortunately it didn't go as planned.

"I've already talked to your brother about the house. He doesn't want the one allocated to you. It'll take a year or two for the house over there to be built. You should live here for the next two years. As for your aunt, you should ignore her nagging."

"Dad, give the house to my brother. I really don't need it." He didn't want to make his father embarrassed because of his own problems. It didn't matter to him alone.

"No, just take what's yours. Remember to come back for the New Year's Eve dinner this year. You didn't even come back for your brother's wedding, so this is a good opportunity to have the New Year's Eve dinner and meet your sister-in-law. Don't let yourself be forgotten by your family."

Deng Chen said nothing, nor did he refuse.

Deng Chen was a little uncomfortable after being suddenly forced to move by his father. He walked around the room and felt that it was no different from the dormitory building where he lived. It was just as deserted.

I walked to the bedroom window and looked out. The stone path in a small courtyard downstairs was very clear.

The shed was very spacious, and the most eye-catching thing was the house in the courtyard. The 20-story building was very beautiful, and he could even see the layout inside through the large windows in the courtyard.

Deng Chen was very curious, whose home was this, it was so beautiful and warm.

...

After Professor Han received the bonus for the design of the steel plant community, he gave her a small reward.

Fifty dollars!

My brother didn’t come back for the New Year this year. He called and said he was developing something and this period was the most stressful.

During this year's Spring Festival, their family also bought a big item, which is a bicycle.

Dad bought it for Mom, saying it was too troublesome for her to squeeze on the bus all day to go to work.

When buying bicycles, the whole family went out and chose for a long time before my mother finally chose a women's bicycle.

This New Year was warm and peaceful. While other families visited relatives during the New Year, they had no relatives to visit.

Ying Han wrote and drew at home all day and rarely went out. On the first day of the new year, Ying Han lied that he was going to play with classmates, but actually went to her little house.

It's been a while since anyone has lived here, so I'm cleaning it up.

After Ying Han entered the house, he first lit the fireplace, then boiled a pot of water and wiped the house.

Deng Chen was also bored. Today he practiced making buns with one hand at home, but unfortunately he made them all into big dumplings.

While steaming the big dumplings, I wanted to go back to the house to rest, but I saw from the window that there was someone in the small house.

I've lived here for so long, but this is the first time I've seen someone at home. I looked through the window and saw a girl busy inside.

She was wearing a milky white sweater and had a pigtail, so her appearance couldn't be seen clearly.

Deng Chen didn't know how long he stood by the window, looking at the busy figures in the small house. He felt an unfamiliar tranquility and warmth. He longed for such a peaceful and beautiful life.

At this moment, he really wanted to go over and ask her if she was selling her house.

Ying Han didn't expect that while he was cleaning the house, it started snowing outside. It was so cold outside that he really didn't want to leave.

Her parents would not allow her to stay overnight outside for no reason.

After putting out the fire in the fireplace, Ying Han put on his cotton jacket and scarf and went out.

Deng Chen was upstairs and only saw a furry girl go out and lock the door. She stayed there for a while and then left.

...

In the spring, Ying Han unexpectedly met Wu Liu, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Right on the street, Wu Liu pulled a cart of shoes to sell.

"Comrade Ying, it's really hard to find you. I'm glad to see you."

"Comrade Wu, are you starting to deal in shoes?" Ying Han asked.

"Not really. I just buy a batch of good stuff whenever I can find it. These shoes are from outside, they are all good stuff. I gave some to the supply and marketing cooperative and some to the department store. Now I have so many left, so I sell them on the street."

Ying Han went forward to take a look and found that they were indeed foreign products. He found a pair of dark red leather shoes for himself and bought a pair for his mother as well.

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