Sheng An Ning looked at Zhou Chaoyang, who looked like he had something to say, and asked directly, "Chaoyang, if you have something to say, just say it."
Zhou Chaoyang swallowed the bun and glanced at Zhou Shixun: "Brother, why did you ask Yuan Yuqin to make the buns? Her reputation in the compound is not very good."
Sheng An Ning hummed, a little confused: "What do you mean by bad reputation? Bad style?"
Zhou Chaoyang hesitated and looked at Zhou Shixun again. He saw that Zhou Shixun also had a confused look on his face and obviously knew nothing. Thinking about his own elder brother, he usually didn't pay attention to gossip at all, and would not listen to the rumors in the family compound.
Moreover, Zhou Shixun and Yuan Yuqin's lover Ma Yucheng worked in the same unit, so no one would say such nonsense in front of him.
"Yuan Yuqin used to be dating Deputy Section Chief Li, and they had agreed to get married. Suddenly, she started dating a staff member from the Propaganda Section. In the end, for some reason, the relationship didn't work out. She ended up dating Ma Yucheng, who is more than a dozen years older than her."
Sheng An Ning didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with dating several people before getting married, but it would be better to find someone older.
But in today's era, it seems a bit fickle.
Zhou Hongyun was very interested: "Oh my god, the man is more than ten years older than her? What does she want? She can't want nothing, right? Is it that the man is good-looking? Or has a high position?"
Zhou Chaoyang shook his head: "I don't know. If we talk about high positions, the previous deputy section chief has a higher position. Now he is the deputy chief engineer. And he is good-looking."
"Moreover, after they got married, there were rumors that Yuan Yuqin was having an affair with someone else, and that their child was not Ma Yucheng's. Ma Yucheng was dark and thin, and their child was very pretty, a fair and clean little girl."
Zhou Shixun frowned. He had indeed never heard these words. He just thought that Ma Yucheng was a good person. He had given him a lot of help when he first came to this place.
She also invited him to her home for dinner several times. Yuan Yuqin cooked every time and she was a very warm and welcoming person.
Every time we meet on the road, I will greet you enthusiastically.
Even tonight's dinner was prepared by Ma Yucheng, who told Zhou Shixun not to be polite: "My sister-in-law and her children came from such a far place, they can't go hungry in the middle of the night. Your sister-in-law is idle at home anyway, so let her prepare it."
"If you're too polite, it'll be awkward. We'll all be neighbors from now on, so a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor."
Later, Zhou Shixun met Yuan Yuqin on the road again. She was also very enthusiastic and said, "I have already prepared the dishes. You can just come and serve them when the time comes."
Zhou Shixun couldn't resist his enthusiasm and finally stuffed some money and food coupons into Ma Yucheng's pocket.
Thinking of this, Zhou Shixun reminded Zhou Chaoyang: "Don't say these words out loud. It's bad for other people's reputation. No matter who the other person is, it has nothing to do with us."
Sheng Anning knew Zhou Shixun's heart of steel and straight man, and winked at Zhou Chaoyang: "Let's eat first, you will know what kind of person he is after getting to know him."
After dinner, the three children were so sleepy that Momo closed his eyes and went to sleep before he even swallowed the last bite of his bun.
Sheng An Ning simply didn't give the children a bath. She wiped her hands and face, and carried them to the room to sleep.
Mo Mo and Zhou Zhou shared a room, and Zhou Shixun was considerate enough to reinforce the railings beside the bed to prevent them from falling off the bed.
An An and Zhou Hongyun sleep in the same room.
Zhou Chaoyang looked around and was a little surprised: "Then where should I sleep tonight?"
Zhou Shixun looked at her strangely: "Who are you going to? You must be going back to your dormitory to sleep. Look, there is no room to sleep here."
Zhou Chaoyang refused to leave: "Forget it, forget it. I'm going to spend the night with Zhou Zhou and Mo Mo."
Sheng An Ning had no objection. She watched Zhou Shixun glare at his sister who insisted on being a light bulb, then smiled and went to pack up and take a shower.
Unexpectedly, there was a shower head in the bathroom. Hot water came out when she turned it on. She took a very comfortable hot shower. She was covered in sweat after sitting on the train for the past few days.
She even disliked herself.
After taking a refreshing shower, I came out and exclaimed while drying my hair: "I didn't expect there would be hot water. It's really convenient."
Zhou Chaoyang was a little proud: "That's right. Even though we are in a remote area, we have a good supply of heating in winter and hot water in all seasons. This is so that everyone can take a hot bath and have a comfortable sleep when they get home from get off work."
Zhou Hongyun was exhausted at first, but when she heard that there would be hot water just by turning it on, she took a bath with great interest. When she came out, she was also excited: "Oh, this is really convenient. I don't have to use up less water for the children's bath in the future. Do you pay for bathing?"
Zhou Chaoyang was somewhat proud: "Of course it doesn't cost money. Not only does it cost nothing, but there are subsidies. Every month we get meat, and sometimes oil and fish."
Sheng An Ning knew that the reason why they were treated so well was because these people had made such great contributions to the country and had quietly opened up a new world here.
She was too tired. After drying her hair, Sheng An Ning lay down on the bed. She didn't feel sleepy at all because of the new environment. She didn't even bother to spend some time with Zhou Shixun. She just fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, it was already past ten in the morning. I was still a little dazed and felt the bed was still shaking.
Sheng An Ning lay in bed for a long time, and heard Zhou Shixun talking to his three children patiently outside, as well as the chirping of the children, especially An An, who kept asking questions like a curious baby.
Everything felt unreal; she actually took the children to another strange place.
After a while, I got up and went out to see the children sitting at the dining table. An An was holding a fried dough cake in her hand and looked at her mother happily: "Mom, mom, this fried dough cake is so delicious, come and eat it quickly."
Sheng Anning was quite surprised: "There are still people selling oil cakes in the morning?"
Zhou Shixun shook his head: "This was sent by Sister Yuqin. It is sold outside the family compound, but it is a little far from here, about ten minutes' walk."
"Our family compound is divided into four areas, east, south, west and north, and there are tens of thousands of people living here, so there are quite a variety of things for sale. It's just that we came late, and the houses we were allocated are quite remote. It will be convenient to buy a bicycle later."
Sheng Anning now feels that any place that can be reached within a dozen minutes’ walk is considered very close.
"It's okay, don't worry. Where's Chaoyang?"
"She's gone to work. She'll come back in the evening."
Sheng Anning nodded and went to wash up. Zhou Shixun had already served her millet porridge: "Eat first, I'll take a break today, and I'll take you around later."
Zhou Hongyun was also quite interested: "Shi Xun, I see there is a vegetable patch in front of the door, whose is that? Do we have it?"
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