Chapter 153 Want to borrow a house
On the third day of junior high school, Huang Ling and Zhou Huaiyi took Xiaoting back to the alley.
Zhou Huaiyi had moved all his personal belongings back home years ago.
No furniture was moved. Li Yiming was going to renovate the house soon anyway, and he would move in with her then.
As soon as I entered the alley, I heard Zhang A'mei looking for trouble with Li Yiming. She knew it was New Year's Day, so she didn't make a fuss.
It's about Li Yiming taking Wu Shanshan to set up a stall.
"Yiming! Shanshan went out today on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Could she be setting up a stall at Xuanmiao Temple again?"
"Then I don't know." Li Yiming shook his head.
"Hey, she's a junior high school student, how could you take her to set up a stall?"
Li Yiming argued, "Aunt Zhang, you have to be reasonable. She's a junior high school student, and you as parents should take care of her. Why are you asking me for help? I just took her to get acquainted with the place."
"How would she know if you hadn't taken her there?" Zhang A'mei insisted.
"That's funny! I told Uncle Wu about this when we went there! If I don't take her, she won't be able to find Xuanmiao Temple on her own, right?"
"Anyway, it's you who led her astray!"
"This is the first time I've heard that earning tuition during the winter and summer vacations is considered bad. If you had agreed to let her go to high school, she wouldn't have to earn money at such a young age."
Zhou Huaiyi glanced at Huang Ling and nodded, saying, "I have inherited your true teachings, so I don't need you anymore."
Huang Ling smiled and said, "Shanshan ranked third in the class in the final exam. If she keeps up her grades, she'll definitely be admitted to No. 1 Middle School. This scared Zhang A-mei to death. During the holidays, Shanshan would sit on the curb a few blocks away to hook hats to sell at Xuanmiao Temple. She would rather freeze to death than go home, and she studied outside."
Song Ying stuck her head out and said, "Sister! Is there any work Shanshan hasn't finished?"
"I... I'm just worried about her! Her father doesn't care." Zhang A'mei was speechless. Of course the work was done. She wouldn't leave until it was done, but Zhang A'mei just couldn't bear to see Wu Shanshan doing well.
Song Ying didn't respond. When she saw Huang Ling, she greeted her, "Sister Ling!"
Zhang A-mei then noticed Huang Ling at the intersection and stopped talking about Wu Shanshan. She came over and asked, "Sister Ling is back! I'm not used to you being away!"
"Oh, you'll get used to it in a couple of days."
"Sister Ling, it's such a pity that your house is left empty like this." When they arrived at Huang Ling's yard, Zhang A'mei sighed.
"How can we avoid this pity?" Huang Ling said in a bad tone.
Wu Jianguo had come to take Zhang A-mei back, but he interrupted her and said, "Sister Ling will arrange her own house, why are you interfering?"
"No, I'm just asking. You should go and take care of your good daughter!" Zhang A'mei glared at Wu Jianguo fiercely.
After entering the courtyard, Song Ying pulled Huang Ling into the house and whispered:
"They've been asking several times about what you're going to do with the house. I heard they said they're going to partition the rooms. After all, Xiaojun is getting older, so maybe they want to borrow it to stay for a few days."
Huang Ling sneered: "I'm afraid she thinks I'm a fool! I can't drive two children away if they move in."
Song Ying nodded: "Then she can do it."
Of course, they didn't tell Zhang A-mei and the others what to do with the house.
As soon as Zhang A-mei entered her home, she asked Wu Jianguo:
"You can't bring yourself to ask, and now that he's back and you don't want to ask, why don't I ask? We're just staying over for a couple of days, it's no big deal."
Wu Jianguo said bluntly: "Huang Ling is such a smart person, do you think she will agree?"
"She is not short of money, or you can ask Wu Jun and Wu Shanshan to ask her, she will definitely agree." Zhang A'mei came up with another plan.
"Let's not bother them, okay? I can't bring myself to do that!"
"Then I was about to speak, why did you pull me back again? If it's okay, then it's okay. If it's not okay, then forget it. Just ask..."
Before the two of them finished talking, they heard Huang Ling shouting in the yard:
"Yiming! Come here, I'll give you the key! Didn't you say you would move your bedding over to sleep here today?"
"Oh! Aunt Huang, I'm here." Li Yiming was a little puzzled, but he soon figured it out. He and Huang Ling often worked together and had a certain tacit understanding.
Li Yiming ran over.
Huang Ling raised her chin, pointed at the Wu family, and continued:
"You can live here by yourself, but you can't bring your friends here! You can't disturb your Aunt Song and the others."
"I know, it won't happen, don't worry." Li Yiming responded loudly.
After saying that, the two of them went into the house together.
Li Yiming said first: "You've only moved out a few days ago, and you want to borrow the house!"
Huang Ling and Song Ying nodded.
"Then I'll sleep over here tonight. Don't worry, Aunt Song and I are here to take care of your house."
Song Ying patted him and said, "You should also make arrangements with your mother. Don't let her go looking for your mother as soon as you move in."
"Don't worry, my mother won't agree. She dislikes Aunt Zhang the most." Li Yiming said firmly.
Zhang A-mei and Wu Jianguo both heard the shouts from Huang Ling and Li Yiming. Zhang A-mei hit Wu Jianguo hard:
"Look! It's too late! It turns out Li Yiming had already taken action!"
Wu Jianguo sneered: "Fortunately she didn't mention it, how could she lend the house to us."
"Li Yiming has been in cahoots with them for a long time. The three of them would often get together in a room to discuss something, but we never got a chance to do anything good." Zhang A'mei had encountered this several times.
"Don't meddle in other people's business."
"It's all your fault. If they made money and took us with them, we wouldn't have to raise these stinking chickens and ducks!"
"It's New Year's Day, can you please stop looking for trouble? Don't you say you don't please them? If I hadn't called you back just now, you would have started arguing with Li Yiming again! Guess who will say it about us or him!"
"You're helping outsiders to criticize me, aren't you? I'm just concerned about your daughter and I'm afraid she'll be kidnapped!"
Wu Jianguo sighed, and seeing that he couldn't communicate with her, he turned and left the yard, went to find Wu Jun who was playing at the entrance of the alley, and asked him to go find Wu Shanshan.
The meal was served at Li's house.
Song Ying's family of three, Huang Ling's family of three, and Li's mother and son.
Li Yiming accompanied his mother back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year this year, and only arrived home today.
He had originally wanted to go and wish Huang Ling a happy new year, but Song Ying told him that Huang Ling would come today and they would be leaving tomorrow, so Li Yiming insisted on setting up the table for the meal.
Regardless of the fact that he and his mother had just arrived home, he immediately started preparing dinner.
Song Ying added a few more prepared dishes, making it very rich.
"This year is our last year of reserve. Yiming, Song Ying, you will have to work hard!" Huang Ling said.
"It's not hard! Why work hard when you can earn money?" they both answered.
"Why is it the last reserve year?" Dongzhe asked, holding a pig's trotter in his hand.
"What does a kid know!" Song Ying interrupted Dongzhe.
In fact, Song Ying didn’t know either. Even though Huang Ling had explained it to her, she still didn’t understand. However, Li Yiming seemed to understand it.
On the fourth day of the New Year, Huang's father and mother took Xiaoting back to Changzhou, and Huang Ling and Zhou Huaiyi started their journey.
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