Chapter 164 Pengfei's Worries
Time flies, and the year is about to pass. Huang Ling took Xiaoting to the alley this weekend, and Pengfei happened to be there too.
He first looked at the Li family curiously.
The Li family’s street-facing store has been converted into a storefront similar to that of a state-owned store.
Li Yiming's grandfather was sorting dried radishes at the door, and Pengfei greeted him:
"Hello, Grandpa Li."
"Pengfei is here!"
Now, wooden furniture is being made in the house. Grandpa Li is guarding the front house, and Li Yiming and Aunt Li are living in Huang Ling's house.
Pengfei entered the yard and heard Huang Ling's voice in Song Ying's room, so he knocked on the door and went in.
"Aunt Song, Aunt Huang."
"Oh, Pengfei is here." Song Ying greeted him warmly, snatched a bowl of baked rice cakes that had just been poured with sugar syrup from Dongzhe's hand, and stuffed it into Pengfei's hand.
She said to Dongzhe, "Eat the next bowl."
"oh."
Song Ying turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue baking rice cakes.
"Pengfei, why did you come here alone?" Huang Ling asked him.
"Brother Tunan went to school to rehearse for the New Year's Eve party, so I came here alone." Pengfei stuffed the rice cake back into Dongzhe's hand and replied.
"You eat it, my mom will bake it soon." Dongzhe didn't want it.
Pengfei looked at Huang Ling again, and Huang Ling said, "Eat!"
Pengfei finished eating quickly and took the bowl back to the kitchen. He wanted to wash it, but Song Ying drove him out.
He walked up to Huang Ling and said, "Auntie Huang, I have something to ask you."
Huang Ling looked at him, handed him a cup of warm water, and then said, "I'm going to the state-owned store to buy something. Can you come with me?"
"Okay!" Pengfei nodded in agreement.
The two walked slowly on the road.
"Tell me! What is it? Let me see if I can do it." Huang Ling asked.
"I want to go back home for the New Year this year. I miss my parents. Can you help me call my mom and talk to her?" Pengfei said pitifully.
Huang Ling felt distressed when she saw Pengfei's pitiful appearance. It was already difficult for him to live under someone else's roof and in fear, and he couldn't even see his parents. It was really too cruel for a child.
"Have you told your uncle?"
Pengfei shook his head: "I'm... afraid that my uncle and aunt will think too much... so I want you to ask my mother first."
"Okay, she will definitely be at work tomorrow. I'll call her tomorrow at noon." Huang Ling nodded.
Pengfei nodded, his eyes turned red and filled with tears.
Huang Ling shook his arm and touched the back of his neck to confirm.
She never asked Tunan and Pengfei how Zhu Xiuyu treated them, but knew the situation through observation.
The cotton-padded jacket is soft and thick enough. I don’t feel cold and my hands are not chapped. It seems that I have been well taken care of.
"Try your best in the final exam. Only if you get good grades will your parents be relieved." Huang Ling instructed.
In the original drama, Pengfei only moved into the village house after Tuanan was admitted to university. He had the foundation there, but ultimately he did not get into university.
Now, Pengfei has come to Suzhou since he started elementary school. With the help of Huang Ling, although he is not as good as Tuanan and Xiaoting, he is still okay and not much worse than Dongzhe. Not to mention getting into a prestigious university, it is no problem for him to get into a junior college.
"Well, I know, oh, Aunt Huang..." Pengfei hesitated to speak.
"Go ahead! You can tell me anything, especially things you can't tell your uncle."
"Brother Hongbin changed his name." Pengfei hesitated for a long time before raising his head and saying.
Huang Ling immediately understood that it was not a change of name, but a change of surname.
"When did it happen?"
"Just a few days ago, I saw my uncle, aunt, and brother Hongbin go there together. When they came back, I secretly took the household registration book and looked at it. Now there are five people in the household registration book."
"Does your brother Tunan know what he thinks?"
Pengfei shook his head: "He knew, but he didn't say anything."
"Well, I understand. Thank you for telling me," Huang Ling patted his shoulder. "You've grown taller again."
Huang Ling thought to herself that Zhu Xiu Yu was pretty good. She had already heard about it before she had even heard about it.
The newly built dormitories of the neighboring factory will soon be completed and ready for occupancy. The cotton mill is negotiating with them, preparing to reclaim an alley that is the subject of a territorial dispute between the two factories. If they can get it back, they will have more than a dozen apartments.
I'm afraid Zhu Xiuyu has been calculating every day, knowing that they might have a share, and will only feel at ease after transferring her household registration. Otherwise, if Zhuang Chaoying doesn't want her after he gets the house, the house she fought for will be wasted.
Only Zhuang Chaoying was deeply moved.
Pengfei was worried that if his uncle had a house, he would have no place to live.
"Pengfei, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry." Huang Ling said firmly.
Pengfei felt relieved after hearing this, but for some reason, he couldn't stop crying anymore.
Huang Ling waited until he calmed down and then asked about the current situation of the Zhuang family.
Pengfei told her that after Old Man Zhuang returned home, Old Lady Zhuang would take care of him alone.
She took Zhendong and Zhenbei to Lin Fang and left.
Lin Fang then sent the person back.
The two of them repeated this several times.
The last time, neither side accepted the child, and the child sat on the street crying.
A kind-hearted person brought the two children to the factory, but the factory pushed the matter over to the neighborhood committee, which had no other choice but to mediate.
Zhuang Chaoying and his wife were also called over at that time.
In the harsh living environment, Zhuang's mother finally stopped pretending and said with a ferocious look:
"I'm an old man who can't move right now. I've even peed and shit all over the bed. It's all because of her. Not only will I not raise her bastard, I'm going to sue her and make her pay me!"
Someone gave Zhuang's mother some advice, saying that if the factory and neighborhood committee could not decide the case, she could go to court and let the court make the decision.
Zhuang's mother thought this was feasible.
Lin Fang was also left with nothing now, like a piece of meat on the chopping block. She also said fiercely:
"Their surname is Zhuang! Their household registration is the same as yours. If you say you don't want to use the surname, then don't use it. I don't care about it then! Go ahead and sue me! I'm not afraid of you!"
Director Zhou of the neighborhood committee advised: "Don't be impatient, talk it over properly. The two children are still young. No matter what conflicts there are at home, don't hurt the children!"
"Then you raise it!" Zhuang's mother and Lin Fang now understood each other and said in unison.
Director Zhou was promoted from deputy director to director, and he had to take care of the Zhuang family's affairs. He had to help the Zhuang family support their mother or their son, which made him so angry that he almost had a heart attack.
"If you have something to say, just say it! Don't keep sending me home! Is that reasonable? We're here to help you! Look at your family. The factory is determined not to intervene in your affairs. Do you think you want our neighborhood committee to do the same?"
"You know this is called abandonment, and it's illegal!" The comrades from the police station who came with them also chimed in.
The two of them didn't dare to say that anymore and kept their heads down in silence.
Director Zhou looked at Zhuang Chaoying and said, "Teacher Zhuang, you are the eldest in the family and a teacher. You understand the principles. You can't just leave it alone. You have to think of a way."
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