Chapter 184 Moving
On a day off after New Year's Day, Zhuang Chaoying moved house. He stood in front of an alley similar to the small alley in a daze.
These past few years have been like a dream.
Regardless of whether this dream is good or bad, I finally woke up today.
The reality of life is warm and stinging.
He still remembered that he did not participate when they moved to the alley because he went to participate in the college entrance examination paper grading. When he came back, Huang Ling had already settled the family.
Later, we rented a house. The three of us didn't have much stuff, so it was much easier than moving.
Today, he realized how difficult and troublesome this task was.
This is under the premise that Zhu Xiuyu has already moved some things over like ants moving.
"Chaoying, come on, help me."
"Oh, okay."
Zhu Xiuyu's voice brought him back to his senses.
There was a cart behind Zhu Xiu Yu. She saw Zhuang Chao Ying standing in a daze at the entrance of the alley, and then she called out.
Intellectual people are always in a daze.
Intellectual people always look worried.
They have their own ideas, which Zhu Xiuyu doesn't understand.
She only knew that now she had a home and had earned a room for her son, and her life was worth it.
Some of the neighbors in the alley moved in earlier than them and came out to say hello.
"Hello, hello, my husband's surname is Zhuang. He is the principal of the affiliated middle school. Our three children all go to No. 1 Middle School, two in high school and one in junior high school." Zhu Xiu Yu introduced proudly.
"Oh, Director Zhuang, hello, come here, I'll help you."
When the neighbors heard that there was an important person in this alley, they all offered to help.
"Director Zhuang, my son is in Class 3 of Grade 1. Come quickly, son!"
A child ran over and recognized Zhuang Chaoying. He hurriedly called out "Director Zhuang" with a bitter face, thinking that this would be terrible in the future. Someone would be watching him at school and at home.
Zhuang Chaoying asked: "Hello, what's your name?"
The child obviously didn't want to talk, so his father slapped him on the back, and then he answered:
"Director Zhuang, Sun Weihua."
"Hurry up and help!" Sun Weihua's father urged again, and the two of them went forward to help.
Zhu Xiuyu hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Comrade Sun, Student Sun."
Zhuang Chaoying and Zhu Xiuyu felt respected like never before, and the hardship of moving disappeared.
Seeing the three teenagers helping out calmly and politely, everyone couldn't help but admire them:
"Director Zhuang is really good at educating children! All three of them were able to get into No. 1 Middle School. I wish we had become neighbors earlier."
"You are very good. It is great that you have the idea of letting your children go to high school and college." Zhuang Chaoying praised sincerely.
He thought of Wu Shanshan, and wondered what decision their family had made.
"Hey, everyone knows that there are no good jobs in the factory now, and the wages are pitifully low. We used to have overtime, but now we don't need it at all. There are so many people in the workshop that there is no room to stand." A neighbor sighed.
"Yes, it's better to have a teacher like Director Zhuang! There are always children who need to go to school."
"Alas, we have poor grades and can only go to vocational high school. We can take over a class in the future. We don't care about high salaries, as long as we don't starve to death." It turned out that a neighbor's child was attending vocational high school.
Zhuang Chaoying felt a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject:
"We are currently undergoing reforms, and things will get better in the future. It will definitely get better and better. Thank you all, and we will handle the rest ourselves."
There is strength in numbers.
Zhu Xiu Yu asked them to put their things away, and she went into the kitchen and skillfully lit the coal briquettes.
"We're tired today. Let's eat some dry food at noon and continue working. We can eat outside in the evening!" Zhuang Chaoying suggested as he passed by the kitchen.
"Okay, I'm not cooking. I'm lighting the stove before noon, which means our family will be prosperous in the future." Zhu Xiu Yu couldn't hide the smile on her face.
"Oh, so that's what you mean. You understand all this." Zhuang Chaoying understood.
Hongbin was putting his things in order. For the first time, he had his own room.
Although it is small, a small bed, a table, a chair and a small cabinet fill the entire room, but he is very satisfied.
Tunan and Pengfei were also tidying up their cabin.
The bunk beds don't take up much space, and there's still enough space in the room for a desk and cabinet for two people.
Pengfei took the book from Tunan without saying a word and put it on the table under the window.
Tunan looked at it.
Two desks are placed side by side against the wall next to the window, one end against the side wall and the other against the cabinet, so only one desk is under the window and the lighting is better.
"Pengfei is here, let's move."
With Tunan's replanning, the room suddenly became spacious. The two desks each occupied half of the window, and both became brighter.
"Brother, you are amazing! How do you know it is just right?"
"I gave Uncle Wu the data for the bed. I had already measured the length and width of the room, cabinets, desk, and bed, leaving us the maximum space for activities. It was Dad and Aunt Zhu who put it in the wrong place."
"So that's how it is. I was wondering how it could be so perfect." Pengfei was full of admiration.
"You are also very capable. You are familiar with the street after running twice. You led us to take a shortcut, which saved us a lot of effort!" Tuanan also praised Pengfei.
Together they put all the clutter on the bed into the closet.
The family worked until four or five in the afternoon and finally finished the work, except for making the bed.
"Tunan, Pengfei, come and put this on." Zhu Xiu Yu brought over two new three-piece suits.
One set of blue plaid and one set of green plaid.
"Aunt Zhu, this is the award given to you by your company. Please keep it for now. We can just use the old one." Tuanan declined.
"No need to save it, just use it when you get it." Zhu Xiu Yu put the things on the lower bunk.
"I'll use the old one, and my two brothers will each have one new bed." Pengfei was putting the quilt on the upper bunk. He knew there were only two prizes.
"Brother Hongbin, I helped make a new one. It's brown plaid. The three of you can sleep in different colors and have your own quilts," Zhu Xiuyu said as she reached out to help Pengfei adjust the quilt. "If you feel cold, tell me!"
Tuanan and Pengfei did not refuse anymore.
Pengfei had been to the alley more often than Tunan, and he felt that the bed sheet looked very familiar.
After thinking about it, if I remember correctly, some time ago his Aunt Huang's workshop was making sheets made of this kind of fabric. They received an order from a boarding school in Shanghai. The blue plaid sheets were for the high school department, and the green plaid sheets were for the junior high school department.
He also helped fold the goods for an hour, and the sisters and aunts in the workshop praised him for his dexterity.
At this moment, Pengfei seemed to understand something.
After packing up, the family decided to find a restaurant for dinner in the evening to celebrate moving into their new home.
In fact, there are more and more restaurants on the streets now, and there are even some local restaurants, but Zhuang Chaoying is relatively conservative. He only dares to go to state-owned and time-honored restaurants, and he dares not go to some newly opened small restaurants.
Today, Zhu Xiu Yu wanted to be the boss, so she chose a small private restaurant.
Only after Zhuang Chaoying went there did he realize that the food here was much cheaper than in state-owned restaurants.
After the dishes were served, Tunan said, "The food here is OK, but not as good as Aunt Zhu's."
Zhu Xiu Yu looked around the small restaurant and saw the boss and his wife busying around, their minds not on the food.
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