Chapter 24 Conversation

The house is a matter for the future. For now, Lin Xiangnan can only live in this small house of more than 20 square meters.

The original house had two side rooms, totaling more than 50 square meters. Now Liu Laohei and Hu Meili each have one room, and the average per capita usable area is actually about the same as before.

Hu Meili’s divorce was a big deal, so after dinner in the evening, the entire Hu family came over to help pack up.

"First use wooden boards to separate your two rooms. Just sleep there for the next two days. I will go buy you new wooden boards tomorrow." said Old Man Hu.

Hu Meili agreed very much, "We have to separate first. Otherwise, if one of us fails to speak properly, we will start fighting again."

Hu Meili felt ashamed when she thought that she had to go to work tomorrow and the wound on her face had not healed yet.

Lin Xiangnan and Lin Xiangxi are both students. Not as busy as Hu Meili, they can take leave without restraint and follow Grandpa Hu to buy wood and old bricks to add partitions to their house.

Liu Hongying and her family were also busy cleaning the house, but they were both busy with their own things and hardly exchanged a few words.

The relationship between the two sides has become distant, but the ladies in the courtyard don't think so. Whenever something happens in the Liu family, they come to ask them.

Lin Xiangnan had just come back from outside when an old lady in the yard waved to her.

"Xiao Nan, come here, come and eat pumpkin seeds."

Lin Xiangnan really thought she was treating him to a meal. Just as he was about to grab a handful of pumpkin seeds, the old lady asked mysteriously, "Sister Hongying, are you dating someone again?"

"No way? Anyway, I don't know." Lin Xiangnan took a bite of pumpkin seeds and commented: "It smells good when fried."

"When your Aunt Liu came back, I saw her flirting with a gay man. She must be dating someone again. You have a good relationship with her, so why don't you go ask her?"

As she spoke, the old lady stuffed a handful of pumpkin seeds into her mouth in a flattering manner.

Lin Xiangnan shook his head. "I won't do it. If you want to ask, go ask it yourself."

The two were talking when the old lady suddenly fell silent. Lin Xiangnan turned around and saw Liu Hongying coming back with red eyes.

The old lady immediately raised her voice and asked, "Hongying, didn't you go to collect firewood? Why did you come back empty-handed?"

Liu Hongying thought they were just there to make fun of her. She glared at them and went back to her room and closed the door.

"What's the matter? You pissed her off again." The old lady nudged Lin Xiangnan with her elbow and said curiously, "She doesn't look right."

"It's none of my business. I've already had a few words with her."

Just as Lin Xiangnan was about to leave with the pumpkin seeds, another old lady came over and started chattering without being asked.

"She was just harassed by a little hooligans. You two are still asking stupid questions. Who else should I stare at if not you two?"

"See, I told you it's not my problem." Lin Xiangnan shrugged and went back to his room while eating pumpkin seeds.

Otherwise, if the ladies shift the topic to her, she will be in trouble.

Lin Xiangnan had no common topics with this group of aunts, but as soon as Hu Meili came back from work, she started chattering with them.

Knowing that Liu Hongying had been humiliated, Hu Meili felt refreshed and even spoke with more energy.

But after just two days of being proud, Hu Meili became depressed again. The people from the street office began to talk to people door to door.

The children are about to graduate from high school, and parents should take the issue of their children going to the countryside seriously, so that the family won’t be able to figure it out when the day comes.

Lin Xiangnan was also one of the people who should go to the countryside. If Hu Meili wanted to keep her, she had to do some ideological work on her.