Yu Shanshan, full of plans, excitedly rushed to the family building of the Grain Management Office.
However, when she knocked on the familiar door of Xiaojing's house, a strange face opened the door.
"Who are you looking for?" A middle-aged woman in an apron poked her head out, a spatula in her hand.
"Excuse me... Does Xiaojing live here?" Yu Shanshan's heart skipped a beat, and the smile on her face seemed to falter.
"Biao Xiaojing? Oh, she moved away! She hasn't lived here for a long time!" The neighbor answered very straightforwardly.
"Moved away?" Yu Shanshan was stunned. "Where did they move to?"
"How would I know the exact address? I just heard they moved to the residential area in the alley behind." After the neighbor said this, he didn't seem to want to talk any more, so he turned his head and closed the door.
An unexpected event? Yu Shanshan felt a sense of foreboding.
She gritted her teeth and followed the general direction pointed by her neighbor, heading towards the relatively old hutong area.
After going around in circles and asking several people, I finally found Xiaojing's new residence deep in an alley.
It was one of the low-rise rooms in the row, with some debris piled up at the door and the walls mottled. The environment was completely different from the former family building of the grain management office.
Yu Shanshan stood at the door, looking at the faded Spring Festival couplets and the dust accumulated on the door frame. The enthusiasm in her heart had already cooled down a lot.
She hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand and knocked on the door.
The door opened, and Xiaojing appeared at the door holding the child.
"Shanshan? How...how did you find yourself here? Come in quickly, Xiao Xiao, don't look down on me."
Yu Shanshan walked into the house.
The room was small and crowded, with poor lighting and simple furnishings. It was a far cry from the warm and comfortable home that Xiaojing had previously imagined.
"Xiaojing, why... did you move here?" Yu Shanshan looked around and couldn't help asking, "Wasn't the family housing complex pretty good before?"
Xiaojing put the baby back into the cradle: "It can't be helped. Something happened at home. Zhou Fang...he no longer works at the grain management office."
Although she said this, there was no trace of regret on her face. On the contrary, she looked quite happy.
"What? He... resigned? Why? The Grain Administration is such a good, stable job!"
The "connection with the Grain Administration" that she had been thinking about collapsed in an instant. The huge disappointment and depression poured over her head like cold water, causing her face to change color.
Xiaojing looked at Yu Shanshan's undisguised disappointment and felt bad, but she was too lazy to explain that Zhou Fang had resigned on his own and was pursuing other careers.
This is Zhou Fang's old house. She will live here temporarily for a while. Lu Qingyang has helped her find a new house, which is also a courtyard house.
The first time she saw it, she was very satisfied. It just needed some renovation, so she lived here temporarily.
In fact, their family was not in poverty at all.
But Yu Shanshan obviously had other ideas.
She subconsciously tightened the net bag in her hand that contained a few fresh apples. She had picked them specially before going out, thinking that they would be a "stepping stone" for visiting people and asking for favors.
Now? Giving it to this "down-and-out family" is such a waste.
Our family isn't well off right now, so can't we just eat these red apples ourselves?
"Then I'm fine." Yu Shanshan said almost immediately, her tone stiff and with a sense of distance as if she was eager to draw a line between them.
She didn't even wait for Xiaojing to say anything polite, she just turned around and left without hesitation, picking up the apple net bag.
Xiaojing looked at her almost fleeing back, then looked down at the child in her arms who was gradually quieting down, shook her head helplessly, and gently closed the door.
Inside the door, she whispered to herself, "We need to hurry up and renovate the yard that Qingyang helped look after... This is really not very convenient."
Yu Shanshan was feeling very upset and quickly walked out of the narrow alley.
Just as she reached a slightly wider alley, she was thinking how unlucky this trip was that she couldn't even deliver the apples, although she didn't want to at all, when she looked up, she saw a familiar person.
Lu Qingyang was seen pushing a brand new Phoenix 28 bicycle from another direction towards the alley where Xiaojing lived.
He was wearing a brand new white shirt, standing tall and straight, with a smug smile on his face. Hanging from the handlebars was a bulging cloth bag with a striking red double happiness character pasted on the bag - "Wedding Candy"!
Yu Shanshan's vagina seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand.
She followed Lu Qingyang and saw him turn into the alley she had just escaped from as if he were familiar with the way.
Lu Qingyang's clear and cheerful voice with a smile could be heard faintly: "Sister-in-law, are you home? I'm going to give Xiaomo's wedding candy!"
"Qingyang, thank you for sending me a set. You are too polite."
"Zhou Fang asked me to take care of you. He's busy outside, so as a brother, I have to help out."
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