Chen Zhaodi shook her head violently: "They haven't moved in yet! They said they had to go back to their hometown for some business!"
"Why didn't you say so earlier? If I had known he was dragging his feet and wasn't in a hurry to move in, I wouldn't have dragged Huaying to the house to tidy up for those few days. It's exhausting. I would have been better off spending a few dollars to go to the labor market and hire some people from out of town to tidy up slowly!"
Chen Zhaodi felt heartbroken when she thought about the performance that had been delayed.
You shouldn't have tried to save money by doing it yourself. In the end, you didn't save any money and even lost money.
Chen Zhaodi continued, "This tenant is the factory's best chef. Even the factory manager doesn't dare to offend him. He has a bad temper and not long ago he made two union chairmen suffer. Those two are Chairman He and Chairman Lin, you know them!"
Zhou Hongyu nodded. She was pleased that someone had managed to humiliate the two men so easily.
This person fell in love with her before even meeting her!
Chen Zhaodi continued, "It's quite a grand affair. Although he's in his hometown, several of his apprentices came to the backyard and seemed quite satisfied. Then, the apprentices said they'd come over in the next few days to tidy things up. Oh, it seems they're planning to build a stove in the backyard!"
"Build a stove?"
"Yes, there used to be a stove in the backyard, but it's been abandoned for a long time. I don't know if this new stove will cause any problems. As soon as someone suggested it, Dad agreed without even thinking! Really!"
Because her two children have been unable to find partners for a long time, Chen Zhaodi has become increasingly superstitious about ghosts and gods in recent years.
If nothing happens, that's fine, but if something does happen to her... she'll be angry but dare not speak out!
After Chen Zhaodi finished speaking, she immediately looked at Zhou Hongyu. How could Zhou Hongyu not understand her thoughts? She waved her hand.
"That's your business, it's none of my concern!"
That evening, after the shop closed, Zhou Hongyu followed Chen Zhaodi back to Shuangdong Hutong.
Today, Granny Zhou brought Shuying and Huaying to accompany Granny Chang to the opera. The group spent the whole day at the opera house. They called Zhou Hongyu to say that they wouldn't be going home today and would be staying overnight in Shuangdong Hutong.
So Zhou Hongyu stayed behind as well.
As Zhou Hongyu and Chen Zhaodi entered the house, they heard a loud transistor radio.
Chang Meiying ran over to complain: "Grandma said she's going to clean up Uncle San's room and use it as a guest room. That's why Grandpa is like this!"
Old Man Chang was unhappy, but in front of Granny Zhou, he didn't dare to utter a single word.
Therefore, he could only vent his dissatisfaction in such a childish way.
Zhou Hongyu and Chen Zhaodi exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh.
Someone will eventually be able to keep this old man in check!
Because guests came to their home, Chang Hongbing and Chang Huaying rushed back early. Originally, Old Man Chang was feeling unwell because of the trouble of tidying up the guest rooms, but he felt better after the meal when there were many people and the atmosphere was lively.
Old Man Chang was busy picking fish bones out of Mei Ying, busy stuffing meat into Chang Hongbing's mouth, who was talking loudly at the dinner table and didn't have time to eat, and busy giving Granny Zhou a fake smile that was both hypocritical and flattering... He was the busiest person there!
While eating the pork rib soup, Granny Zhou praised the head chef, Chang Huaying, and loudly criticized her while eating large mouthfuls of meat.
"Since we already know that Chang Laosan is not our biological son, and he is eager to go back and acknowledge his ancestors, we shouldn't have left him this house in the first place!"
Old Man Chang's ears turned red, and he dared not breathe loudly, forcing a fake smile at Granny Zhou.
Chen Zhaodi couldn't hide the smile on her face. She had wanted to do this for a long time, but Old Man Chang had always been an obstacle, preventing her from carrying it out.
Granny Zhou was her goddess.
The next day, which happened to be a day off, Zhou Hongyu stayed in her warm bed and didn't want to get up. As dawn broke, she covered her head and continued to sleep in.
I woke up again to the noise in the yard.
The people who were building the stove arrived.
After a while of noise in the courtyard, the young man spoke with a strong voice, which was particularly clear and loud. Zhou Hongyu still didn't want to get up, and she covered her head, wanting to continue sleeping.
Then she heard someone shouting, "...Pengfei..."
Zhou Hongyu immediately threw off the covers and got up.
At this moment, Chang Meiying ran into the room with a smile. The instant she opened the door, Zhou Hongyu was awakened by the cold air outside the room.
"Mei Ying..." Your mother wants to live a few more years!
Chang Meiying threw a brand-new plastic box onto the bed and loudly boasted, "Mom, look! This is a foreign doll that my second brother bought for me!"
Foreign dolls?
Zhou Hongyu couldn't help but take a few more glances at the exquisite doll.
Noticing her overly intense gaze, Chang Meiying immediately moved to another spot with the plastic box.
"Mom! This is mine! If you want to go find my second brother!"
After saying that, Chang Meiying ran out with the plastic box in her arms, shouting, "Second brother, buy Mom a foreign doll too! Mom loves it!"
Hearing this in her room, Zhou Hongyu couldn't help but cover her face. Having such a daughter was her sin!
After all that commotion, Zhou Hongyu was wide awake and got up to get dressed.
She glanced at the calendar by the bedside while still dressed. No wonder Chang Pengfei, whom she hadn't seen for ages, had returned; it was almost Chinese New Year.
After Zhou Hongyu finished tidying up and walked out of the room, the people who had been setting up the stove had already moved their position from the front yard to the back yard.
When Chang Pengfei saw her, he immediately straightened his back and loudly called out "Mom!" Zhou Hongyu was momentarily dazed.
I've grown taller...
My body has become stronger...
He doesn't seem as timid as before...
In the past, everyone said that Chang Rihui looked most like his father, but now it seems that Chang Pengfei is just as good. Although the two are different, they miraculously resemble the young Chang Xingwang in Zhou Hongyu's memory!
Granny Chang kept a close eye on the situation here.
She walked over and pretended to pat Chang Pengfei a few times, then looked nervously at Zhou Hongyu: "This child knows he was wrong, I've already hit him, he won't do it again!"
"Mom, I'm back to celebrate the New Year with you!"
Zhou Hongyu glanced at it and slowly nodded: "It's good that you're back!"
Chang Shuying and Chang Meiying hid behind the door. When Chang Shuying saw this scene, she bit her fist in excitement.
"Meiying, Mom has forgiven Second Brother!"
"Sister, this is all thanks to me! My foreign doll is so beautiful, Mom wants to ask my second brother for a foreign doll too!"
Chang Meiying held up her beloved foreign doll.
Chang Shuying smiled and tapped her forehead, chuckling, "Naughty!"
Chang Pengfei returned before the Lunar New Year, which made Chen Zhaodi happy for a moment, but then she became anxious again.
She kept muttering, "Both of the second sons have come back, but where's my Yaozu..."
Soon, a report about the snow disaster in Northeast China became the hottest topic of discussion in Beijing.
The store staff were also having a lively discussion about this topic with the customers.
This is the experience shared by former top salesperson Chen Lijuan: if you can have something to talk about, it's easy to become friends with customers, turn them into regulars, and then big orders come in quickly.
Chen Zhaodi immediately put her son's delayed return to the back of her mind and devoted all her energy to collecting information about the snow disaster in Northeast China. She could chat with customers hundreds of times a day, and her sales performance improved by leaps and bounds.
Chen Zhaodi was smug for several days.
On the day before the Lunar New Year, Chang Hongbing, despite his busy schedule, finally couldn't resist ending his overtime work early and going home. He pulled Chen Zhaodi aside and asked, "The Lunar New Year is almost here? Where's your son?"
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