Cheng Mingzhong never took care of the household. Over the years, he gave his salary to Wang Da as soon as he got it. He never knew whether there was money at home or how much money was left. Anyway, he only had a few dollars for emergencies.
So when he heard four thousand five, it was really an astronomical figure considering his monthly salary of less than one hundred.
Wang Da just frowned: "Four thousand and five is indeed expensive, but the yard here is also normal."
Turning to Zhou Hongyun, he said, "Sister Hongyun, please ask for me when the time comes to see if it can be cheaper. I don't want anything from my home, even if it's three or two hundred yuan cheaper, it's fine."
Zhou Hongyun readily agreed: "I'll ask someone to find out for you later."
She herself didn't want to talk to Sister Chen, fearing that she would lose control of her emotions and want to hit someone. After all, Sister Chen had come to her house to make trouble before, and she hadn't gotten over it yet.
Wang Da nodded: "Thank you for your help. I'll treat you to a meal later."
Zhou Hongyun laughed: "Look at what you said, that's too polite. We'll be neighbors in the future, and I'll have one more place to visit."
Cheng Mingzhong was a little frightened when he heard this. From what his wife said, he could buy it for two or three hundred yuan cheaper. But even if it was two or three hundred yuan cheaper, it would still cost more than four thousand yuan, which was a lot of money.
It was just because Zhou Nanguang was there that he was embarrassed to mention Wang Da.
There was a commotion in the yard, Sheng An Ning and the others got up and went out, Zhou Shuanglu walked in with Mr. Cheng, who looked very proud.
Zhou Shuanglu was still in a good mood. When he entered the yard, he called out to the three children who were still watching the hens: "An'an, Zhou'zhou, Mo'mo, look who's here?"
An An immediately stood up and ran towards Grandpa Cheng very enthusiastically: "Great-grandfather, are you coming to my house for dinner? We have fish, give it all to Grandpa."
Then he stretched out his two little arms for Grandpa Cheng to hold: "Grandpa, hug me."
Only then did Mr. Cheng put away his proud expression and hugged An An lovingly: "Little girl, you are just like your mother, you can make people happy."
Zhou Shuanglu teased An An with a smile: "Little girl, why don't you let your great grandfather hold you?"
An An giggled and hid her little face in the crook of Grandpa Cheng's neck.
This little action completely pleased Mr. Cheng: "Look at how you look, with a fierce face, which child would dare to like you? Children never lie."
Zhou Shuanglu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't you look at yourself? You look like a black Bao Gong every day. How can you look friendly? I don't know where you get your confidence from."
Old Master Cheng was very unconvinced: "Although I am dark-skinned, my granddaughter is fair-skinned. Thanks to An Ning, she is fair-skinned. Otherwise, the three children would have taken after your family and would have been dark-skinned."
Sheng Anning and Zhou Shixun stood aside, speechless. Why were they suddenly subjected to personal attacks?
Besides, Zhou Shixun's dark skin is due to years of training and exposure to the sun. He has a healthy bronze color, which is why he is not dark.
The two old men went into the house while bickering with each other.
When Old Master Cheng came into the room, he was full of disdain: "Look at you, you've been slacking off all your life, but in the end you don't even have a place to live. There's a ministerial building, why didn't you get one? You like being an official so much, but in the end you didn't do very well."
Zhou Shuanglu said calmly: "As long as I have a place to live, it's fine. If I really have no place to live in the future, I will go to the sanatorium to keep you company."
Mr. Cheng said with disgust: "Don't come, I don't want to be your neighbor at all."
He added: "I see that you have lost your appetite."
Sheng Anning found the bickering between the two old men quite interesting. She went to the kitchen with Wang Da to help Zhou Hongyun and the others cook, and then asked, "Aunt, did my grandfather and grandpa know each other before?"
Wang Da was also not sure: "I really don't know. I haven't heard your uncle talk about it before. I guess your uncle doesn't know. Of course, even if your uncle knows, he won't tell me. Your uncle is afraid that I will try to get close to you and ask you to take care of our family."
Sheng Anning felt that between relatives, as long as it did not violate the principles, it was reasonable to help each other: "Then my uncle is too cautious."
Wang Da snorted coldly, "Isn't it? No matter what I said, he would always tell you not to cause trouble for others. At that time, you all lived in the compound, and when I visited your house, your uncle would be worried to death, afraid that I would trouble you."
Zhou Hongyun couldn't help but praise Cheng Mingzhong: "Your old Cheng is really careful, but everyone in the hospital thinks highly of him."
Wang Da shook his head: "What's the point of having a high evaluation? He is very rigid at work and offends many people. When the old man came to Beijing this time, his former subordinates wanted to ask Cheng Mingzhong to talk to him and invite him out for dinner. Cheng Mingzhong refused."
Sheng An Ning was quite puzzled: "Since they are my grandfather's old subordinates, they can just go and invite them themselves, why do they need my uncle to be the middleman?"
Wang Da shook his head: "Who knows? Anyway, no matter who brings things to the house, your uncle won't even let them in through the door, for fear of being involved."
Sheng Anning also knew that Cheng Mingzhong was a very upright and incorruptible person.
Zhou Hongyun was quite puzzled: "Your old man is a good man, and your Cheng Mingzhong is also a good man, so how did you raise a daughter like Cheng Mingyue?"
When it comes to Cheng Mingyue, Wang Da also has a look of disdain on his face: "Who knows? The prison contacted Cheng Mingzhong a few days ago and said that Cheng Mingyue is in poor health and mental state in there, and asked Cheng Mingzhong to write a letter to persuade her and let her reform herself."
Sheng An Ning hadn't heard Cheng Mingyue's name for a long time. Not to mention that she had forgotten this person, she couldn't remember her for the time being. Now that Wang Da mentioned it, it seemed that she wasn't having a good time in there, so she felt relieved.
Zhou Hongyun was still quite gossipy: "He was sentenced to ten years. Was his sentence commuted?"
Wang Da shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. With her temper, she might make a scene once she's in prison. How can she get her sentence reduced..."
Zhou Hongyun thought it was great: "It's what he deserves. I don't know why he grew up like this."
While chatting and cooking, the three little ones were attracted by the smell from the kitchen.
An An and Zhou Zhou stood beside the pot, drooling at the sight of the fish stewing in the pot. Mo Mo looked around, ran to move a stool, took it to the cupboard, climbed up and took down small bowls for three people.
He carried the small bowls over, gave one to An An and one to Zhou Zhou, then held up the bowl and asked Wang Da for some fish.
Wang Da was almost dying of laughter at the cute looks of the little ones: "Momo, you want to eat fish, auntie will serve it for you."
Sheng An Ning came over to stop them, pulling Mo Mo's wrist: "Don't give them the food yet, great grandfather and great grandfather, as well as grandpa and uncle haven't eaten yet, you see aunt and aunt are also busy and haven't eaten, so the children can't use their chopsticks, this is the rule."
Momo looked confused, but didn't insist...
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