As long as Dong Qing doesn't leave the machinery factory, no one has the right to take that house back to him. That will be their home from now on, and even if they move back to the villa in the future, that house will still be his.
After lunch, Dong Sanmei rode her bicycle to her workplace to ask for leave. Li Yuzhu went into the kitchen, turned on the coal fire, put a pot of water on the fire, and boiled it before adding water to the tractor's water tank. It was early spring, and the tractor wouldn't start without hot water in the water tank.
The couple first carried the furniture that needed to be moved to the front door, and then loaded the other smaller items into the tractor trailer.
Dong Sanmei quickly returned after taking leave. Dong Qing climbed onto the trailer, while Li Yuzhu and her sister-in-law carried furniture onto the truck. Dong Qing put things inside the truck. An hour later, the three of them had loaded everything onto the bus, and finally loaded the coal briquettes and coal stove onto the truck.
Dongqing added freshly boiled water into the tractor's water tank.
Li Yuzhu locked the gate with a large padlock, and she and her sister-in-law got on the train and sat on the sleeper berth. Dong Qing started the tractor and drove towards the family quarters of the Machinery City.
They were busy until after 4 p.m. before they finally finished moving into the house. Dong Qing and his wife stayed in the master bedroom, Dong Sanmei stayed in the second bedroom, and the guest room was used to temporarily store some unused items.
After that, the TV antenna was mounted on the roof, and the house was finally ready to move in.
Dongqing said, "Yuzhu, why don't you stay home and cook? It doesn't look good to park such a big tractor here. I'll drive it to the machinery factory and park it in the factory yard for now."
Li Yuzhu said, "Go ahead and buy some flour tonight; we're running low on flour."
Dong Qing said okay, went back to her bedroom, put on a cotton coat, and went out the door.
Dongqing drove his tractor to the factory, parked it on the side of the factory yard, turned off the engine, got out, and drained the water from the tractor's water tank.
Just as he finished draining the water, a middle-aged man walked towards him. Dong Qing didn't recognize this man in this life, but didn't he recognize him in his previous life? He was Yun Guangwei, who had contracted the machinery factory in 1985 in his previous life.
Yun Guangwei walked up to him and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're Dong Qing, the one who just took over the machinery factory, right?"
Dong Qing said, "Yes, I just signed the contract this morning. Does this concern you?"
Yun Guangwei retorted angrily, "I've long planned to contract the county machinery factory. What right do you have to compete with me?"
This afternoon, Yi Minghui returned 600 yuan to Yun Guangwei, saying that he had already signed a contract with someone else this morning. He then apologized to him for not being able to help him with this matter.
Yun Guangwei was furious after hearing this. He said, "Yi Minghui, how can you do things like this? What did you promise me back then?"
Yi Minghui said, "What did I promise you? I only said I would help you. Do you think I'm the only one in charge of the entire county machinery factory? I returned the money to you after the matter was not resolved. What more do you want me to do?"
Receiving gifts is not a glorious thing, and giving gifts is not a glorious thing either, so Yun Guangwei could only suffer in silence.
After Yi Minghui left home, Yun Guangwei felt increasingly uneasy. He had just come to the factory and had another argument with Yi Minghui. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Dong Qing drive in with a tractor.
Yun Guangwei didn't know Dong Qing. After asking around, he found out that Dong Qing had just taken over the machinery factory and signed a 10-year contract. He wouldn't be involved for the next 10 years.
"I contracted this machinery factory from you, you have no right to talk to me like that."
After Dong Qing finished speaking, he walked towards the office area.
Yun Guangwei shouted angrily from behind him, "You surnamed Dong, are you not finished with me yet?"
Dong Qing stopped without turning her head, said "whatever," and continued walking towards the office.
Dong Qing pushed open the door and walked into his eldest sister's office, where Dong Da Mei was sitting at her desk working.
Normally, one knocks before entering, but Dong Qing simply pushed the door open and walked into the office. Dong Damei looked up at the visitor, smiled, and said, "Who do we have here? It's my little brother. Please have a seat; I'll finish my work right away."
Dongqing nodded and sat down on the sofa, waiting for her older sister to come home from get off work together.
Ten minutes later, Dong Damei stood up from her desk and asked, "Yun Guangwei just came by. Did you see him?"
Dong Qing said, "I've seen him!"
Dong Damei said, "I heard he used to be a hoodlum, but he made his fortune after the reform and opening up. You should try to avoid him; you can't afford to mess with that kind of scoundrel."
Dong Qing said, "I do business honestly and uprightly. As long as he doesn't mess with me, I won't step in his shit."
Dong Damei said, "Poop will always stink. Just avoid it from now on. I should go home now, let's go."
Dongqing and her sister walked out of the office together, got on her sister's bicycle, and her older sister rode on her brother-in-law's bicycle to go home together.
They rode their bikes to the grain store. Dongqing bought two bags of flour, and Dongdamei said, "Can you really eat all this flour at once?"
Dongqing said, "Of course I bought it for you. My third sister and I can't possibly eat that much."
Dong Damei didn't say anything. She put one bag of flour on her husband's bicycle and the other bag on her own bicycle. The three of them pushed their bicycles home.
Back in the residential area, the eldest brother-in-law took the flour home, and Dongqing and her eldest sister carried the flour towards their own home.
Back home, Dongqing put the flour in the kitchen.
Li Yuzhu had already prepared dinner. She said, "Eldest sister is here. I asked third sister to go to second sister's house to call second sister and brother-in-law. We're moving today, so everyone's coming over for dinner. Dongqing, go and call eldest sister's husband quickly."
"Don't call him anymore, I'll go back and call him."
After saying that, Dong Damei turned around and walked out of the house.
When Dong Damei returned home, she saw her husband cooking in the kitchen. She said, "Honey, don't cook. My brother is moving today, and we're having dinner at his house tonight."
Their daughter went to her grandparents' house for the Chinese New Year, so now it's just the two of them.
Dong Damei went back to her bedroom to change her clothes, then walked into the living room and said, "Shall we go?"
The husband said, "Your brother is moving today. Is it appropriate for us to go empty-handed?"
Dong Damei said, "We're all siblings, it's inappropriate to bring gifts. Just go empty-handed and hurry up."
Li Yuzhu specially prepared nine dishes tonight. She said, "Dongqing, go out and buy two bottles of wine."
"I'll go."
After Dong Sanmei finished speaking, she walked out of the house.
Soon, the eldest and second eldest sisters and their families arrived, and Dong Sanmei also brought back the wine.
Dongqing brought the dishes his wife had prepared to the table.
My family has everything but wine sets. Dongqing sells these. They have ceramic and plain wine cups ready-made, all of which are top-quality products.
Li Yuzhu washed a set of wine utensils and placed them on the dining table. Dong Ermei poured the wine into a container, then poured it into wine glasses, and said with tears in her eyes, "This is the first time the four of us siblings have gathered together to drink since our parents passed away. Tonight, we have to drink, whether we can or not."
The eldest brother-in-law said, "Second sister is right, let's all raise our glasses."
The siblings raised their glasses and drank three glasses in a row.
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