Chapter 588 He Has No Home
Today, Zhu Xiu Yu also invited Xiao Zhang, the emcee for the wedding day. He is a backbone of the factory's publicity department. No matter who the other person is in front of him, not a single word will fall on the floor, so Huang Ling invited him to be the emcee.
After dinner, while we were at Suihua Building, we went through the process again to prevent any mistakes.
After Huang Ling said this, everyone guessed who was coming.
Zhuang Chaoying was standing in the yard at this time.
"Teacher Zhuang, we ask you to come in and have dinner together." Zhu Xiu Yu pointed into the room.
"No, no." Zhuang Chaoying waved his hands quickly.
"I originally wanted you to come for dinner. Today is the Little New Year. We had an appointment together, and it was not convenient to call you in Hualin. I thought it would be difficult for you to cook alone, so I called you over. I didn't mean to embarrass you." Zhu Xiu Yu explained.
Zhuang Chaoying knew that Hongbin was planning to get married at the end of the year, so he sent all the money he had saved in the past six months to Zhu Xiuyu as a token of his appreciation.
During the winter vacation, although he wanted to come back early to help, he learned from Zhuang Hualin on the phone that Zhu Xiu Yu had hired someone to plan the affairs and that family members were helping because Zhu Xiu Yu herself was not at home.
After listening to Zhuang Hualin's words, he thought about it for a long time.
Zhuang Chaoying thought that this was what Zhu Xiuyu wanted Zhuang Hualin to convey to him, meaning that he didn't need to come back so early. Zhuang Chaoying didn't mention it again, and only told Zhuang Hualin that the school was short of staff and needed to be on duty, and he wanted to be on duty first so that he could come back later after the New Year.
Therefore, he planned to return to Suzhou after the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
When I returned to Suzhou, the question arose as to where to live.
Strictly speaking, he has no home anymore.
His own house was rented out, and the Zhuang family's house was rented to Suihua Building as a dormitory. The house Zhu Xiu Yu bought was Hong Bin's wedding house and it was not convenient for him to live in it. Zhuang Hualin helped him solve this problem and invited him to live in his home.
Zhuang Hualin and Xiangdong were allocated a one-bedroom apartment. Most people would put a bed in the larger living room and use it as half bedroom and half living room. When they got to the house, they found that although the house was a bit noisy because it was close to the road, the room was bigger than others, almost as big as the living room. They knew that this was a special arrangement by Huang Ling.
So Xiangdong built a solid wall to divide the large room into two bedrooms, one large and one small.
Originally, they wanted to live in the small bedroom and let Pengfei live in the big one, and they could live there directly after they got married. Pengfei didn't say he was not happy about it, but said that if they did so, Aunt Huang might think he was unfilial. Anyway, it was still early to get married, so let them live in the big room first and then move to the other room when they got married.
In this way, the two of them were coaxed into living in the master bedroom.
After Zhuang Chaoying came, Pengfei gave up his small bedroom and slept on the sofa in the living room.
Zhuang Hualin said to him, "Brother, you're welcome. My home is your home. When you return to Suzhou, of course you should stay with us."
Zhu Xiu Yu had already told Zhuang Hualin about their decision to divorce. Although Zhuang Hualin felt it was a pity, she could foresee the outcome when she learned that her brother had decided to teach in a remote town.
"That's right, uncle, it's no problem to live here for a long time. I won't talk about it if I don't go back to Suzhou to work. If I go back to Suzhou to work, I will just replace this sofa with a bed." Pengfei also said.
Xiangdong laughed: "Brother, do you think the mattress is thick enough? I used a thin mattress when Pengfei slept there, and young people like to sleep on something firmer. I added an extra mattress when you came. Do you think it's enough? If not, I'll add more."
Zhuang Chaoying hurriedly said, "That's enough, that's enough."
Everyone asked about his life in the township.
Zhuang Chaoying told them that the local environment was really nice, with beautiful mountains and rivers, simple people, and that the locals respected teachers very much.
When visiting homes, every family would cut meat and kill chickens to entertain the guests, so he and a group of teachers had to look at the clock frequently when they went on home visits, and run away as soon as it was eleven o'clock.
The school is newly built and the teachers have special dormitories with decent conditions. He is alone anyway, so a bed and a desk are enough for him.
The summer in the mountains is cool, but the winter is cold. Fortunately, Hongbin sent him a thick cotton coat.
Because Hongbin often works in the mountains, he knows that the temperature is lower there.
Zhuang Chaoying said to her sister, "Hualin, I think I made the right decision to go there. I'm needed there, and I feel freer and more relaxed there. I also need it."
Zhuang Hualin didn't know whether to be happy or sad after hearing this, so he could only say:
"Brother, that's good. Anyway, if you have anything to tell us, we are a family."
Before Zhuang Chaoying made up his mind, Hong Bin and Zhou Huaiyi came out. Zhou Huaiyi stood on the steps and called out:
"Teacher Zhuang, come on! We're waiting for you to start the meal. Today is the food tasting, you must participate!"
Hongbin walked over, took Zhuang Chaoying's arm, and brought him into the house.
The light in the room was bright. Zhuang Chaoying squinted and saw two standard round tables in the room. The adults sat at one table and the children sat at another table. The dishes had already been placed on the table.
Zhuang Chaoying saw Grandpa Li sitting at the children's table. He must have given up his seat because of the conversation just now.
Hong Bin pushed him down on the chair: "Dad, sit down."
"Teacher Zhuang." Wu Shanshan and Wu Jun stood up and called out at the same time.
Zhuang Chaoying was stunned for a moment before he recognized the two people and said hurriedly, "Ah! Shanshan and Xiaojun are back!"
Next came the children, and Zhuang Chaoying responded.
He was a little surprised after not seeing the child for half a year, as if the child had suddenly grown up a lot.
To be honest, the other people in the room were also a little surprised to see him. They were all about the same age. Zhou Huaiyi and Lin Gong still had black hair, but Zhuang Chaoying was one-third white.
But upon closer inspection, he still looked as gentle and refined as before, just a little calmer than before.
To Wu Shanshan and Wu Jun, who hadn't seen him for a long time, he had become a different person.
"Come on, pick up your chopsticks! Let me try this emerald white jade Heng." Huang Ling called.
Everyone then started to eat.
Zhou Huaiyi smiled and said, "I think you only want to eat Bai Yuheng."
Everyone laughed. This dish was ham stewed with bamboo shoots, and the spinach was added before serving. The jade was the spinach, and the white jade was the tender white bamboo shoots.
"I can tell from the name that Brother Tunan chose it. He loves looking at antiques in old houses. Heng means ancient jade! I want to eat this red jade and enjoy it."
Dongzhe picked a piece of braised pork and put it in his bowl. As usual, he divided the lean meat into Xiaoting's bowl.
"Hong Bao Tian Xi, this is the name our Xiao Ting gave it. Hmm, it sounds nice." He said again.
Hong Bin asked curiously: "Why was Xiao Ting given the name Hong Bao Tian Xi? Can you give me a reason?"
"Because he read the list written by Xiaoting." Huang Ling ruthlessly exposed him.
"Auntie~~~~" Dongzhe shouted dissatisfiedly.
"Hey! Be good!"
"Here's to you!"
"good!"
The interaction between the two livened up the atmosphere of the whole room.
Zhuang Chaoying felt a little at a loss as he sat next to Zhu Xiu Yu, but the atmosphere in the room made him feel very comfortable.
He finally understood why this group of people's lives were getting better and better.
They are each other's weakness and armor.
This group is closely united with Huang Ling as the center, and can both resist all enemies and be invincible.
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