055: No matter how much I persuade him, he won’t leave
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Lao Wu choked, then put his hands on his hips and shouted:
"I'm kindly reminding you, but you don't listen, right?"
"Where I live is none of your business. Do I need you to remind me? If it's haunted, then it's haunted. Ghosts are the only thing that makes it lively!"
Xu Ying was frightened by Yu Jiahui's constant calling him a ghost, so she kicked Yu Jiahui.
Only then did Yu Jiahui stop talking.
Lao Wu angrily said to Yu Xiaoye:
"Girl, don't listen to your dad. He's an unreasonable jerk. I'm telling you, this place is haunted. You need to move out right now, even to the female educated youth dormitory."
Yu Xiaoye originally had no feelings for this medium-sized old man with a depressed face, but when he thought about how they had lived in the same hospital and ward before, and were now in the same company, he felt that they were quite predestined, so he said:
"Uncle Wu, thank you for the reminder, but I want to live with my parents."
Lao Wu is helpless. This family is so stupid and bold!
Lao Wu turned around and walked away angrily. After a few steps, he stopped, turned back, and raised his voice:
"I'm doing this for your own good. Move out now! Don't live in this place. It's unlucky!"
"Hey, I'm just wondering why you're so nosy when you're not allowed to live here!"
Yu Jiahui couldn't stand it anymore. Why was Old Wu so talkative? He was already a chatterbox in the hospital, and he became even worse when he arrived at the company.
What does it have to do with him where their family lives? Why does he have to come to their house to persuade them to move out?
If you say it was good intentions at the beginning, he can understand.
But it is hard to understand why this happens so many times.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade the family, Lao Wu left with a harsh remark:
"Just wait for the ghost to come to you!"
Watching Lao Wu leave, Yu Jiahui wondered:
"This old man is interesting. Why doesn't he let us live here?"
Xu Ying muttered:
"Mind your own business."
Yu Xiaoye said casually:
"This house, doesn't it have anything to do with him?"
The speaker may not intend it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Yu Jiahui and Xu Ying looked at their daughter together. Yu Xiaoye finally realized that she had said something right. She belatedly said:
"Hey, Mr. Wu, is he really related to the family that lived here before? Otherwise, why is he so adamant about not letting us live here?"
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoye became interested.
Gossip is human nature, and no one is exempt from it, young or old.
In order to verify his guess, Yu Xiaoye decided to find out the truth.
It just so happened that the broom in his hand had run out of use, and he was about to return it to Jia Song. He wanted to take the opportunity to return the broom to see if he could get some truth out of Jia Song.
Yu Xiaoye patted the dirt off his body, took off his headscarf and shook it, then tied it back on his head, and went to the brick house in front with a broom.
When I walked behind the row of brick houses, I heard voices coming from one of the offices.
When Yu Xiaoye heard it, it seemed like Jia Song and Lao Wu were talking.
Lao Wu shouted at Jia Song:
"Xiao Jia, do you know that that family has some connection with Director Zhou?"
"I know, I know. Li Xinchun told me." Jia Song's tone still sounded nonchalant.
"You know you let them live in the back yard?!"
"It's not me who asked them to live here; they wanted to live here on their own."
"You shouldn't have agreed to this!"
Jia Song sneered:
"Lao Wu, don't come here to blame me. I know what you mean. You have a hurdle in your heart, but so many years have passed. What else can you think about? Besides, they are willing to move in. Why do you have the right to control them? Don't be stubborn. This has nothing to do with you!"
Lao Wu was so angry that his teeth chattered, and then he turned around and left.
After Lao Wu left for a while, Jia Song said to himself:
()..
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"This old man is really stubborn. I've never seen anyone so stubborn!"
Yu Xiaoye was standing not far behind the house and unknowingly overheard the conversation.
She didn't eavesdrop on purpose, but was drawn in despite herself.
When he came to his senses, he ran back to the small yard with a broom in his hand.
After retelling the entire conversation to her parents, Yu Jiahui slapped her thigh:
"I told you, there must be a reason for this!"
"What could be the reason? Could it be that the old man has some connection with the family that lived here before?" Xu Ying asked.
"I feel like—"
The couple was not comfortable discussing this topic in front of their daughter, so they spoke very tactfully.
But in fact, Yu Xiaoye had already guessed a thing or two.
It's just that it hasn't been verified, so no one can be sure.
We can only wait and dig it out slowly later.
Not long after, when the sun set on the western horizon, the company's loudspeaker suddenly sounded, first announcing the time on the hour, 5:00 p.m. Beijing time.
When the announcement was over, the loudspeaker played a song called "Returning from Target Practice." The inspiring lyrics and passionate tune brought them back to that fiery era:
The sun sets in the west and the red clouds fly,
Soldiers return to camp after shooting, return to camp,
The wind spreads red, the flag reflects the colorful clouds,
Joyful songs filled the air,
olo,
lsoor,
Joyful songs filled the air—
When Yu Jiahui and Xu Ying heard this song, they couldn't help but hum along. This was a familiar song in their childhood. They hadn't heard it for many years, but when they heard it again now, they felt inexplicably familiar.
Accompanied by the singing, three tractors rumbled back on the road, and the tractor carriages were filled with educated youth and farm workers returning from work.
Behind the tractor were horse-drawn carriages, which were also full of people.
There were also a few people riding bicycles following them, and many people walking with shovels and hoes.
A line of carriages and horses kicked up clouds of dust on the road, with an imposing manner, like soldiers returning victorious from the battlefield.
The family of three had not seen this kind of scene of returning from collective labor for a long time. No, Yu Xiaoye had never seen it before, so he felt it was fresh and unfamiliar, and couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to look around.
Yu Jiahui looked at the rolling dust on the road and urged:
"They've finished work. Let's go over there and meet the company members. I'll report to the captain and see which platoon and squad I'll be assigned to."
The three members of the family brushed off the dust on each other, tidied their hair and faces, and went to the front with brooms.
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On the other side, after Jia Song turned on the loudspeaker, he saw the tractors coming back. He walked out of the office and quickly walked to the front of the first tractor.
"Captain Yang—Captain Yang—"
Captain Yang, who had a beard and a fierce look, jumped off the tractor.
The other educated youth and farm workers followed suit, jumping off the tractor like dumplings without waiting for it to stop.
Amidst the roar of the tractor and the blaring of the loudspeaker, Jia Song reported loudly:
"Captain Yang, another family has been assigned to our company today!"
Captain Yang walked into the office with his hands behind his back and asked casually, as if he didn't care much:
"A family? Another cadre sent down from the city for reform?"
"no!"
"What's that about?"
Jia Song didn't know what to say for a moment.
After the two men entered the captain's office and closed the door to block out all the noise outside, Jia Song told Captain Yang the basic situation of Yu Jiahui's family.
When Captain Yang heard that the family had moved directly into the haunted house in the northeast corner of the company headquarters and would not leave no matter how they were persuaded, he just poured a mouthful of water into his mouth, and "poof", it all spurted out.
"What the hell?!"
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