Chapter 12 The First Arrival of Tongxin Pavilion and the New Home
"It seems that this comrade is not small, and he wants to bother my director Li to give up the opportunity to sleep lazily on Sunday and take matters into his own hands to clean up the house for her." Liu Yuelan teased her husband sourly.
"It's not a small thing, just an ordinary transfer worker. People come all the way from Jiangsu to work in our bureau, shouldn't I do my landlord's friendship? Besides, shouldn't we, as leaders, show our concern for employees? Li Fan said while dragging the ground and squeezing his eyes at his wife.
"You really take your sesame officer seriously, huh? If it weren't for Dad to help you arrange it, you would still be squatting in the rural supply and marketing cooperatives this time! Liu Yuelan said in a tone of asking for merit and reward.
"Thank you father-in-law, thank you to your wife. Oh, please rub this rag off! I wiped down the windows, tables, chairs and benches, and the couple could move in with their bags. Li Fan handed over a dirty rag and said as he dusted off his body.
"Woke me up!" Liu Yuelan was disgusted and went to the well to scrub the rags.
"Doctor Liu, is it early? What's new? A woman with a Shanghai accent came over to greet Ms. Liu.
"Oh, Teacher Chen, it's early! I heard Lao Li say that this woman was transferred from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu with her husband. Her husband is from Zhuji, and he has just returned from the army on the other side of Zhenjiang, and he will go to Meichi Supply and Marketing Cooperatives as deputy director in a few days. ”
"Oh, it's even more lively to have three women in this yard in the future."
Teacher Chen and Dr. Liu were chatting, and Mr. and Mrs. Wen Yuanfang came to the door with suitcases.
"Lao Li, Lao Li, they are here!" Liu Yuelan called her husband loudly.
"Welcome, welcome! You guys came here so early? I'm pretty much cleaned up here. Li Fan greeted Wen Yuanfang and his wife politely and courteously.
"How can we ask Director Li to clean our house? Ah, I'm really sorry, we'll get it ourselves! Wen Yuanfang said gratefully, and Zhu Yuliang shyly nodded to the people who were watching her.
"Who are these two lesbians......?" Wen Yuanfang saw that Liu Yuelan and Chen Meijuan stopped what they were doing and were looking at them, so he took the initiative to ask.
"Oh, let me introduce you. This is my family member Liu Yuelan, who works as an obstetrician and gynecologist in the People's Hospital, and will come to her if she has gynecological problems in the future. Ha ha! This is teacher Chen Meijuan, who teaches English at Zhuji Middle School, and she is a family member of our deputy bureau Cai Fuguo. Hey, what about Lao Cairen? Haven't gotten up yet? When you came to the bureau yesterday afternoon, he happened to go to the countryside to investigate. Li Fan enthusiastically introduced them one by one, and also introduced Wen Yuanfang and his wife to everyone.
"Lao Cai! Lao Cai! Bureau Li told you to come out, and our new neighbor has arrived. Seeing this, Chen Meijuan shouted loudly into the house.
"Come on, I'm dressing Dabao Erbao!" The people in the room responded.
After a while, Cai Fuguo led the two boys out of the house to greet everyone. He looks similar in age to Li Fan and Wen Yuanfang, but he is between Wen and Li, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his polite temperament seems to reveal arrogance and loftiness, like a young master of a declining big family.
During the chat, I learned that Cai Fuguo is also from Jiangsu, but his hometown is in Suzhou; His wife, Chen Meijuan, is a native of Shanghai and an English teacher. At the beginning, due to the lack of English teachers from Zhuji, Chen Meijuan was invited to Zhuji as a professional; Cai Fuguo was a cadre of the cultural system when he was in Suzhou, and in response to the country's call for the development of the national economy, he chose the commercial system when he was transferred to Zhuji with his wife.
While the adults were talking, the two boys named "Dabao" and "Erbao" frolicked in the patio. The two boys, the eldest of whom was about five years old and the younger one was about three years old, were both fair and neat, but they looked very naughty and disgusting, and they were not very likeable.
"Oops!" Zhu Yuliang suddenly screamed in disgust. Everyone followed the reputation and found that she was standing a little farther away with mud on her face. It turned out that when the two naughty ghosts poked the mud with dry branches, Zhu Yuliang was degraded because he didn't have time to dodge.
"Dabao! Two treasures! How can it be so rude? Apologize to Auntie! Chen Meijuan "educated" her sons in a nice Shanghainese.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! These two stinky boys are so skinny! Cai Fuguo apologized to Zhu Yuliang again and again and scolded his sons to hurry into the house, but the two boys did not seem to be afraid of their parents, and ran away laughing and chasing.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay! Children are naughty. Wen Yuanfang said as he took out a snow-white handkerchief and handed it to his wife, asking her to scrub it. Zhu Yuliang walked to the well a little unhappy, dipped the bucket of water and wiped his face.
Seeing the opportunity, Li Fan terminated the welcome meeting and let Wen Yuanfang and his wife into the house where he had spent the morning cleaning. This room was also lived by a couple, so the bed, large wardrobe, desk, chair, washstand, etc. were all available, and Wen Yuanfang and his wife only needed to add some daily necessities to live normally.
While Wen Yuanfang and his wife were packing their luggage in the house, Liu Yuelan and Chen Meijuan gathered by the well, washing things and talking in a whisper.
Liu Yuelan: "You see that this woman got married at such a young age, and it is estimated that her family background is not very good!" ”
Chen Meijuan: "Definitely! This kind of woman from a small family is also very squeamish, you see how angry she was just now. What do adults have to worry about children? ”
Liu Yuelan: "But your two sons should also take care of it, they are so skinny at such a young age, and they are sabotaging everywhere." I haven't told you about the last time they made my Tingting cry. In the future, tell them to stay away from my daughter. ”
Chen Meijuan: "Men are always naughty, and non-naughty men don't be smart!" Okay, I'll be cruel to them in the future, and I can't indulge them anymore. What level do you say this surname Wen is? It's a big deal, huh? I asked for such an eye-catching wife. ”
Liu Yuelan: "I heard that it's just a deputy company level, one level lower than Lao Li." It's our business if you don't mess with it! ”
The two women whispered for a while, laughed for a while, and swept the movements in the house of Wen Yuanfang and his wife with the corners of their eyes...... When they saw Zhu Yuliang coming out to rub the rag, they stopped talking.
"Well, you can use this basin first. If there's anything we need help with, just ask! Liu Yuelan greeted Zhu Yuliang warmly.
"No, no, no, the house is all cleaned up. We want to go out and buy something later, is there a bigger mall nearby? Zhu Yuliang asked.
"Nono, go out and turn right and go straight to the main road, and if you go right, you will see a hundred shops." Chen Meijuan enthusiastically guided.
Wen Yuanfang saw that the women were talking, so he walked out of the house and came to the corridor, and began to admire this typical Zhuji courtyard.
This small courtyard house has a nice name, called "Tongxin Pavilion", and a large area of ancient buildings where it is located was originally intersected by corridors and corridors, and the roads were connected, because it belonged to a big family at that time; Later, it was gradually divided into independent units, and some roads became dead-end roads. It is said that this building complex was built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, sitting in the south and facing north, next to the Huansha River. Just from the exquisiteness of the wood carvings on the corridor, you can see what a luxurious pomp the first owner of this courtyard is! This hundred-year-old mansion is like a calm and wise old man who quietly watches people live and flow endlessly......
"Yuliang, this is not far from the Huansha sales department where you work, what a good place!" Wen Yuanfang said loudly to his wife in the house while admiring the courtyard.
"Yuliang? How did you come up with a famous prostitute name? Chen Meijuan said to Liu Yuelan with a sneer, continuing the discussion they had just interrupted by Zhu Yuliang.
"You're talking about Pan Yuliang, right? Oh, that person is still a talented woman, a great painter. Liu Yuelan never wanted to lose to Chen Meijuan in terms of knowledge, so she deliberately explained the knowledge points that Chen Meijuan showed off in more detail every time.
"You see that she is dressed very fashionably, huh? T-shaped high-heeled leather shoes, woolen sweaters, windbreakers, walking with bones, convex and backward, lest people not know that she is a woman. Chen Meijuan continued to ridicule her new neighbor.
"You say so ugly, I think you're jealous, right? Ha ha! You better take a good look at your husband and keep an eye on others! If my Lao Li dares to steal fishy, I want him to look good. Liu Yuelan quipped.
"Humph! My old Cai has a high eye. How can you look down on such a country girl! Chen Meijuan said disapprehantly.
As the saying goes, three women in one play, isn't it? A woman hasn't played yet, and this scene is already very lively.