Chapter 175 Let’s go to Pengcheng together
Yue Ning entrusted Ah Fa to He Yunbang without any worries. He Yunbang had worked in Fuyunlou for fifteen or sixteen years and was an excellent cook in the kitchen. Yue Ning felt that it was the most appropriate person to arrange Ah Fa for him.
In addition, Yue Ning let Ah Fa live in He Yunbang's house. This matter started when He Yunbang came back to move in.
For so many years, He Yunbang's family of four has been squeezed into a small house that never sees sunlight. His parents apply for housing every year, and he applies to his work unit, but the housing problem has never been solved. Because of this, he is still single at the age of 34.
Just when he felt that there was no hope, Yue Ning took him to Hong Kong. In just a few months, he saved a sum of money. However, he had no idea how to use the money to solve the problem of having no house and no wife.
In Hong Kong City, it is not difficult to buy a house, but he was sent by Fuyun Building. Yue Ning had said long ago that they must return to Yuecheng after two years. If they give up their iron rice bowl and go to Hong Kong City again, Baohua Building will never give them another chance. After all, it will ruin the reputation of Baohua Building. In the mainland, houses are allocated and cannot be bought or sold.
At this time, Yue Ning found him. There was a Xiguan arcade house that he was eager to sell. The house had two floors, the downstairs was a store, and the upstairs could be used as a residence, with a total area of more than 300 square meters.
The owner of this house is a friend of Mr. Zhou. He was a capitalist before liberation. After liberation, he did not leave the mainland. In those years, his whole family was sent to Sichuan and his house was confiscated. This year, the policy was implemented, the hats were removed, and the house was returned. This family has experienced many vicissitudes. After the reform and opening up, their overseas relatives got in touch with them, and they decided to settle abroad, so they were in a hurry to sell the house. Such a house is priced at only 5,000 yuan.
At that time, most people only earned 30-50 yuan a month, and an old house cost 3000-5000 yuan, which was simply unaffordable for ordinary people. Besides, everyone was waiting for their company to allocate housing, and ordinary people really didn't think about buying a house with their own money. Moreover, houses could not be listed for sale publicly, and buyers could only be found privately. Under such circumstances, it was not easy to sell a house.
It happened that Mr. Zhou returned to Yuecheng for a few days. He heard Yue Ning say that she planned to open a store in Yuecheng in the future. Thinking that she might need a place to live, he told Yue Ning about the house. The key point is that after the house was confiscated, it was not used as a residential house, but as an office for a unit. There was no random construction inside.
Yue Ning originally wanted to buy the house herself. After all, Yuecheng was her birthplace, both in her previous life and this life.
But when she walked into the kitchen and saw He Yunbang cooking, she thought of their family squeezed in that small house. If He Yunbang didn't have a house, he might not even be able to marry a wife. Uncle Bang was the one who needed this house the most. So Yue Ning recommended this house to He Yunbang. When He Yunbang heard that it only cost 5,000 yuan, and it was in Xiguan, only 20 minutes away from Fuyun Building, what was there to hesitate about? He decided to buy it immediately.
After buying the house, He Yunbang let his parents and brother move in first.
Yue Ning loves Chinese clothing, and the older generation of wealthy families in Hong Kong also love cheongsam. However, there are only a handful of experienced cheongsam makers in Hong Kong, and good materials are scarce, so the styles are always the same. Since Yue Ning appeared in clothes made of various materials, it has opened up new ideas for the wives in Hong Kong, and they have sought opportunities to return to the mainland to customize cheongsams.
The most exaggerated one was Mrs. Qiao. After she went back to the mainland with Qiao Qiming, she called her friends and invited the two old ladies from the Cai family, and even her mother-in-law who lived in Singapore, Ye Yingyi's biological mother, to come all the way from Beijing to buy cheongsams. The old ladies could talk about the dignified and majestic Beijing-style cheongsams, the charming and graceful Shanghai-style cheongsams, and the gorgeous and fashionable Guangdong-style cheongsams for a whole day.
Of course, not every old lady was as enthusiastic as these few, and they also had Cui Huiyi, who often traveled between Beijing and Shanghai, to help bring back the customized cheongsams. The other old ladies could only go to Guangdong City for a walk.
Ever since they found out where Yue Ning's clothes were made, He Yunbang's parents have had a group of regular customers.
He Yunbang's father was about to retire in the second half of the year. Seeing that her husband was busy and considering that there were many educated youth returning to the city waiting for jobs in the street, his mother took the initiative to ask her superiors for early retirement.
In this way, the family opened a tailor shop on the ground floor, specializing in processing materials. He Yunbang's brother suffered from polio when he was a child and became disabled. He has been working with his parents in the sewing group and inherited his parents' craftsmanship. After work, he would also help his parents make cheongsams. Their family felt that a cheongsam priced at 30 yuan was already a high price. But in Hong Kong, a skilled craftsman would charge more than 2,000 to 3,000 yuan for a cheongsam.
Seeing that their family has a big house, their son is making a lot of money outside, and there are so many customers coming from Hong Kong to make cheongsams, the old couple can make about 20 cheongsams a month and earn five or six hundred yuan.
Knowing that He Yunbang was coming back, the aunties in Fuyun Building, the old neighbors in Zhutong Building, and the old sisters in the sewing group all vied to introduce a partner to He Yunbang.
The He family all felt that it was all Yue Ning's credit that the family was where they are today. When she heard that Yue Ning wanted to let her little brother from the northwest live in her home, she naturally agreed without hesitation. Yue Ning's Chinese-style clothes were all made by the old couple of the He family. After getting along for a long time, she knew the old couple's character very well, and she felt very at ease letting Ah Fa live in their home.
However, before leaving, Yue Ning still urged Ah Fa to learn his craft and Cantonese seriously. She also emphasized that she would come back often, and if Ah Fa did not study hard, he would be beaten.
Everything was arranged, and early the next morning, Yue Ning and Lu Chunmei and others went to Pengcheng. It takes more than three hours to take a train from Yuecheng to Pengcheng. With Aunt Chunmei, the journey was very lively. Aunt Chunmei gossiped about almost everything about the more than 100 households and 600 to 700 people in Xiaoyanggou.
Speaking of Xu Da Kui no longer serving as the brigade accountant, Tian Zaohua was so angry that her face changed color when she heard that Yue Ning would no longer give subsidies to their Sha Er and the old couple.
"Do you really think everyone else is a fool?" Lu Chunmei rolled her eyes and continued, "Let me tell you, Agen has really made it this time."
Afterwards, Lu Chunmei told Yue Ning everything about the quarrel between Agen and the mother and son of the Zhang family: "When Agen and Yueqin got married, the old woman came to scold them. This time, Afa ran to the brigade and broadcast the matter to the whole brigade. Now everyone in the brigade knows that Zhang Xiang is infertile. Good news doesn't go out, but bad news spreads a thousand miles. Soon the whole commune knew about it. I heard that the young nurse took Chinese medicine for half a year, but the old woman still disliked her for not having any movement in her stomach. How wronged was the young nurse? I heard that she had a big quarrel with the mother and son of the Zhang family, and she even took a kitchen knife to chop the old woman."
Agen, who was sitting in the front, turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, you must not tell Yueqin about this. She doesn't want to talk about this family."
Lu Chunmei vowed: "Don't mention it, why would you mention it?"
Yue Ning smiled helplessly. She knew in her heart that within three days, Aunt Chunmei would definitely secretly tell Aunt Yueqin about this.
When we arrived at Pengcheng Railway Station, the factory sent a car to pick us up. When the car drove into the factory, we saw Xiuxiu and A Biao running out.
Lu Chunmei got out of the car with Yuanbao and saw that her daughter had a ponytail and her originally rosy face had become fair.
Xiuxiu was wearing a white double-lapel sweater inside, a purple tweed coat outside, a navy blue long skirt underneath, and a pair of small leather shoes on her feet.
Lu Chunmei could hardly recognize her own daughter, and was amazed at how beautiful she was.
Looking at my son again, although he is wearing khaki work clothes and not as fashionably dressed as my daughter, he is still very different from when he is at home.
"Mom, what are you looking at?" Xiuxiu asked.
"My daughter has become beautiful." Lu Chunmei finally managed to say this.
When Qiao Junxian came out of the office, Yue Ning hurried to meet him. He stretched out his hand, and Yue Ning smiled and hooked his arm. He was always like this in front of others.
The two of them stood quietly aside, waiting for everyone to finish their chatter.
Agen looked towards the feed factory office, and Xiuxiu said, "Boss Tan from the feed factory is here, and Auntie is in a meeting."
"Oh!" Agen asked worriedly, "Is your aunt okay these days?"
"I haven't vomited in the past two days. My appetite is good. I had a big bowl of臊子面 this morning." Xiuxiu replied.
When Lu Chunmei heard this, she said, "Agen, Yueqin will definitely give you a big fat boy."
Agen showed a simple smile: "It's just as good to have a big fat girl."
Agen saw Yue Ning hooking Qiao Junxian's arm, and then he realized it. Their boss looked young, but he was calm and decisive. But when he was with Ning Ning, he was like a young boy, wishing that the whole world knew that they were dating.
"Brother Zhongyi, Sister Chunmei, come here and meet Ningning's boyfriend, Boss Qiao." Agen said.
"Uncle, aunt, we met in Xiaoyanggou." Qiao Junxian shook hands with them one by one and addressed them the same way Yue Ning addressed them.
"At that time, you weren't dating Ningning yet, and I hadn't even taken a good look at you." Lu Chunmei raised her head and looked at Qiao Junxian carefully.
A Biao thought his mother was more like "A Biao". How could she look at the boss like that? He quickly pulled her and said, "Mom, go into the house first and put the things away."
"Yes, uncle and aunt, you have worked hard on the journey. Let's go to the dormitory and rest first." Qiao Junxian said.
Yue Ning asked Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, is the meal ready? Do you need my help?"
Xiuxiu pointed at a few workers who were looking out of the workshop and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang and the others are looking forward to your coming!"
Lao Zhang, the factory handyman, came out and said, "Madam, I'll light the fire for you."
Yue Ning said to Xiu Xiu: "I'm going to cook, you go with your mother."
Xiuxiu and A Biao led their parents into the dormitory. As soon as they entered the room, A Biao couldn't help but complain to his mother: "Mom, how could you stare at Mr. Qiao like that just now? He is the boss of the factory and the son of a wealthy family in Gangcheng. You are so rude."
"So what? He is still Ningning's boyfriend! What's wrong with me taking a closer look?" Lu Chunmei responded nonchalantly.
"Mom, the boss is the boss, and he pays your salary. You must be careful in the future. We can't think that we are special just because we have this relationship with Ningning. Ningning asked her boyfriend to take care of us, so we have to make Ningning proud and do things well. These are what Aunt Yueqin told us." Xiuxiu said as she pulled Lu Chunmei.
"That's right. Your Aunt Yueqin is well-educated. It's right to listen to her." Lu Chunmei thought for a moment and said, "It's just that she is too educated and thin-skinned. She was bullied by the Zhang family before. Fortunately, she is married to your Uncle Agen now."
Xiuxiu couldn't do anything about her mother.
The brother and sister helped their parents and brother pack their luggage. At this time, Yue Ning passed by their door and said, "It's time to eat."
“Here I come.”
The whole family came out in a hurry. Lu Chunmei saw Ge Yueqin walking towards them after talking to a few people. She shouted happily, "Yueqin."
Ge Yueqin walked forward quickly, and Agen also hurried forward, trying to support her. But Ge Yueqin gently shook his hand away and said, "Don't be so startled!"
She walked up to Lu Chunmei and said, "Sister-in-law, you are finally here."
Lu Chunmei had just met Yue Ning, and then she saw her own children. She felt that everyone had changed a lot, and the same was true for Ge Yueqin. Ge Yueqin was already quite cultured, and now she was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a woolen suit, and a one-step skirt. She looked extremely elegant and full of charm.
Yue Ning urged, "It's time to eat. It's time to eat. Everyone is waiting."
When they arrived, there were already more than 30 people in the electrical appliance factory. The canteen looked a bit cramped with three large square tables. Fortunately, the factory building had been built and was being renovated. In the future, it would be converted into a staff dormitory.
There were four dishes and one soup on the table, namely fried chicken with sand ginger, braised seafood, fried meat with chili, stir-fried vegetables, and meatball and radish soup.
"Uncle, aunt, the food in the factory cafeteria is relatively simple, please don't be disgusted."
Last night, Yue Ning treated everyone to a meal at the hotel, which opened everyone's eyes. But today, in the factory, a brother who was accompanying him asked Agen curiously: "Agen, do you eat this every day here?"
"yes!"
"If I can eat this kind of food every day, I'd be happy to do this even if I'm not paid!"
"You idiot. Sit down!" Agen quickly invited them to sit down.
Lu Chunmei and Ge Yueqin sat together. At first, Lu Chunmei, as a person who had given birth to three children, talked to Ge Yueqin about pregnancy. As they chatted, the topic turned to Agen's application for a birth permit. She couldn't keep her heart to herself and said to Ge Yueqin: "Your Agen didn't let me tell you about this..."
Agen looked at Lu Chunmei nervously, while Yue Ning lowered her head and smiled secretly. Ge Yueqin glanced at her man and turned back: "Sister-in-law, it's okay. Just tell me."
"If your wife wants to hear it, I'll tell her." Lu Chunmei vividly described the story of the Zhang family mother and son, and at the end she asked, "Do you think it makes you feel better?"
Agen didn't dare to look directly at his wife, and just buried his head in drinking soup. Ge Yueqin didn't show it on her face, but quietly reached out to his leg and pinched it hard. Agen looked at his wife with grievance in pain.
Ge Yueqin said softly, "Silly."
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