Chapter 127: Ning Weiguo Moves House

Bai Fengyu leaned on her crutches, with Lu Daye and Lu Dama following behind.

Truth be told, that Bai Fengyu had this accident, she owed a lot to these two elders.

When Bai Fengyu arrived in the courtyard, she happened to run into Ning Lei.

"Aunt Bai!" Ning Lei called out, looking at Bai Fengyu, who was leaning on a pair of crutches, with surprise.

His voice was quite loud, and Ning Weidong heard it from inside the room and came out from the earthquake shelter.

As the weather grew warmer, the thick cotton door curtain from winter had already been taken down.

Ning Weidong had also changed into spring clothes; he wore blue dacron trousers on his lower half, a white shirt on top, and a yellow wool sweater over it, looking even more spirited than he had in winter.

"Sister Fengyu is back~" Ning Weidong greeted with a smile; these days Ning Weidong had gone to the hospital to check on her every few days, but after all, he dared not be too frequent, lest people notice something amiss.

Bai Fengyu responded, and at an angle where others couldn't see, she pouted resentfully.

At this moment, Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen also heard the commotion and came out, along with several other households living in the courtyard; whether they were on good terms or not, when it came to such times, they had to come out and ask after her.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Bai Fengyu finally leaned on her crutches and went into the room.

Lu Daye put down the things and didn't stay long; after all, there were only two young women in Bai Fengyu's home, so one had to be mindful of appearances.

He left Lu Dama behind to help tidy up.

Fortunately, after May Day, the weather warmed up, and there was no need to light the stove for warmth, which saved a lot of trouble.

"Lu Dama, please don't busy yourself, hurry and sit down, thank you." Bai Fengyu sat on the kang, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Lu Dama said with a smile: "It's nothing, girl, don't be embarrassed; we are all neighbors, who doesn't run into some ups and downs? When Dama has trouble in the future, you won't just stand by and watch either."

While talking, Lu Dama swept the floor again before sitting down.

Bai Fengyu asked: "Lu Dama, I haven't been home for over a month, what has happened in our courtyard?"

Just now, when she entered from outside, she noticed the Ning Family's North Room was in a mess; although she asked what happened in the courtyard, she was actually asking about the Ning Family's situation.

Ning Weidong hadn't mentioned anything about the family when he visited her those times.

Bai Fengyu did not know that Ning Weiguo and his wife were about to move away.

Bringing this up, Lu Dama sighed and said: "Right, you've been in the hospital these days and don't know, the Ning Family's eldest and his family are moving away."

"Moving away?" Bai Fengyu was stunned.

Lu Dama explained: "As the old saying goes, people climb to higher places, and water flows to lower ones. The Ning Family's eldest had a house allocated by his unit, a two-bedroom apartment with a bathroom inside."

Bai Fengyu suddenly understood.

Lu Dama still sighed with emotion: "You have to say, for a person~ it really is about being an official!"

Bai Fengyu nodded in agreement and then asked: "They are moving away, what will happen to this house?"

Lu Dama said: "What else can happen? It's being kept for Ning Weidong to take a wife~ it's not like it can be turned back in." As she spoke, she shook her head: "You say this person, you really can't tell. Last year he was still guarding the gate at the factory~ this year, with a sudden change, he's become a Section Chief, and now the house is being vacated too... what a pity!"

Bai Fengyu knew what Lu Dama found "a pity"; she was still harboring resentment regarding Bai Fengqin and Ning Weidong.

In Lu Dama's view, Bai Fengqin and Ning Weidong were a talented man and a beautiful woman, so she took this opportunity to ask again: "What exactly is on Fengqin girl's mind? If she could get into university..."

Bai Fengyu understood what Lu Dama meant.

If Bai Fengqin got into university, she would be a match for the current Ning Weidong, but if she didn't, there would certainly be no chance.

Bai Fengyu knew her own family's affairs; it had long been impossible for Ning Weidong and Bai Fengqin.

Previously, she had learned from Wang Yuzhen that Wang Yuzhen's family had introduced a prospective partner to Ning Weidong.

Bai Fengyu said: "Lu Dama, last time Sister-in-law Yuzhen mentioned to me that she had introduced a partner to Ning Weidong."

Lu Dama said with surprise: "Is that so~ then there's no help for it, I just think it's a real pity."

After chatting a few more idle words, Lu Dama said goodbye and left.

Bai Fengyu sat alone on the edge of the kang, looking at her injured leg still in a cast, and sighed faintly.

This injury had given her too many realizations, two of which were the most important.

One was that no matter when, one cannot be without people around, especially when one is old in the future.

Another was the importance of one's workplace.

With this injury, besides Lu Dama, there were several old women in the courtyard who were particularly proactive in coming forward to help.

Some of them only had an average relationship with her; if it were in the past, when she didn't have a unit, encountering such a situation, even if they wouldn't completely ignore her, they certainly wouldn't have been as proactive as they were now.

Including Lu Dama, being so attentive to her, it wasn't without the factor of her working at the Neighborhood Committee.

After all, no family can guarantee they won't have some big or small matter that needs the Neighborhood Committee; having a familiar person with a good relationship makes things much more convenient.

Just at this moment, there was a commotion outside.

Bai Fengqin looked out the window and saw a large group of young men coming in from outside; the one in the lead she had also seen before, it was Ning Wei.

Today she was discharged from the hospital, which also happened to coincide with Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen moving house, otherwise, they wouldn't have been at home at this time.

As the ten or so people entered, Ning Weidong came out from the room, and the large group led by Ning Wei immediately shouted, "Hello, Section Chief."

Seven or eight people spoke in unison, their voices quite loud.

Ning Weidong said with a smile: "Comrades, thank you all for coming to help this time; when you're done, don't go straight home, go to the Second Canteen for a private meal, stewed meat and Fen liquor."

The few people were overjoyed upon hearing this.

They had thought it was just a matter of lending a hand; before coming, Ning Wei had given each person two packs of cigarettes. This immediately drew many people in the courtyard out to watch the excitement.

Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen also came out from the room to greet everyone.

Moving house in this era was truly moving house; they were practically willing to dig out a mouse hole to take with them, the principle being that if it could be moved, not even a single brick would be left behind.

But since the Ning Weiguo family was leaving and this house was being left for Ning Weidong to live in, naturally it couldn't be like that.

Some necessary things—food, clothing, and daily items—were all left behind for Ning Weidong, half of them.

This was also the reason why, in the past, families wouldn't split up unless it was an absolute last resort.

As long as the family didn't split, everyone could share the family resources; taking eating as an example, adding a pair of bowls and chopsticks and adding more rice and flour could support one more person.

But if that person were to live alone, the things required would be much more.

Pots, bowls, ladles, and basins, large pots and small stoves, rice jars and flour jars... all these things had to be prepared and purchased anew.

Fortunately, with the Ning Family's current conditions, these were not problems at all.

Everything that needed to be moved in the house had been packed up; several young men in their twenties went in, and in a few trips, they moved it all to the "Big Head Treasure" truck parked at the courtyard entrance.

Originally, upon hearing the commotion, Lu Daye had come out wanting to call people in the courtyard to lend a hand, but upon seeing this setup, it turned out to be completely unnecessary.

He couldn't help but click his tongue and say, "Who would have thought, Ning Weidong has really made something of himself, even being able to borrow a motor vehicle."

Lu Dama said from the side, "Isn't that right~ At that time, I heard their family was moving, and I was even calculating in my heart to ask Erkun to provide people and a vehicle to go help out, but as it turned out..."

Lu Daye said, "Who's to say it isn't~"

Lu Daye was originally a Level 7 Worker and could be considered a person of status at the Manager, so he knew just how much face it took to borrow a motor vehicle from the Manager, plus seven or eight people.

After being busy all afternoon, it was dusk by the time Ning Weidong returned from the apartment building where Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen lived.

Moving in the afternoon, getting things from here to the vehicle was easy enough, but moving things up the stairs over there was truly strenuous.

It was fortunate that Ning Weidong had called people over; Ning Weiguo and Wang Yuzhen basically didn't have to lift a finger, but tidying up the things once they were upstairs was still no small project.

Ning Weidong helped out over there until he had finished dinner before returning.

As usual, he parked his bicycle under the window of the earthquake shelter.

The room was pitch black, without a single glimmer of light.

Ning Weidong stepped into the Upper Room and switched on the electric light.

Because there was some decent furniture and decoration over at the apartment building, and on top of that, Ning Weiguo and his wife wanted to buy some new things, quite a few items were left behind here.

Ning Weidong touched the Eight Immortals table used for dining; the tabletop was clean and tidy.

Before leaving, Wang Yuzhen had cleaned everything in the room that could be wiped or swept.

Going into the inner room, it was also much the same as before; the storage cabinet on the kang was still in its original place, and the camphor wood chest and sewing machine on the floor were Wang Yuzhen's dowry and were definitely going to be taken away.

Ning Weidong let out a long breath; starting from today, he would be living alone.

Just at this moment, there was movement outside, and someone pushed the door open and entered.

Ning Weidong poked his head out to look, and it was Bai Fengyu coming in on crutches.

Ning Weidong smiled, went up to meet her, gave her a peck, and asked, "Have you missed me these days?"

Bai Fengyu rolled her eyes and said crossly, "A dignified Section Chief, only able to think about that kind of thing." She then lowered her head, sounding like a mosquito: "Besides, I'm like this, how can I serve you."

Ning Weidong said with a grin, "What's wrong with that? You injured your leg, not any other place."

Bai Fengyu was speechless, gave his chest a punch with her fist, and said, "You are just a hooligan!"

Ning Weidong took no shame in it but rather felt proud, and with a chuckle, he was about to make a move.

Bai Fengyu's face turned red, and she hurriedly pressed his hand down, pleading, "Don't, it's been over a month, I haven't taken a bath, and I'm stinking all over. You wait a bit longer; yesterday at the hospital, the doctor said the cast can be removed in another week or so."

Ning Weidong was just teasing her, and stopping while he was ahead, he said, "Alright, I'm just teasing you~ By the way, about this matter of yours, what does your Neighborhood Committee say?"

Bai Fengyu let out a secret sigh of relief, and speaking of this, she turned and smiled, "Don't worry, our director came the day I was discharged from the hospital and said that my case counts as a work-related injury, and because I provided important clues to the comrades at the Police Station, there will definitely be a reward."

Ning Weidong smiled; this was not unexpected.

No matter what, Bai Fengyu could be considered to have connections; the Neighborhood Committee, if not for anything else, would have to show some gesture for the sake of Zhang Dajun.

Bai Fengyu understood the ins and outs of it and whispered, "Your older brother and the others have moved away, and you live alone, so it will be convenient in the future; when I'm better, I'll come find you in the middle of the night."

Ning Weidong pulled her into his embrace: "Those are things for later; let me touch and see if you've grown."

This was not Ning Weidong just talking nonsense; during the month Bai Fengyu had been bedridden recovering from her fracture, she had been supplied with good food and drink.

Ning Weidong had specifically gotten braised large bones from the Manager's cafeteria, which had fed Bai Fengyu until she was ten pounds heavier.

Originally, Bai Fengyu was 1.63 meters tall and 96 pounds; now she was 106, looking noticeably plump and round.

It just so happened that her weight gained in all the right places; all ten pounds had grown on her chest, buttocks, and thighs.

Bai Fengyu pursed her lips and smiled, knowing what Ning Weidong liked, and let him explore as he pleased.

Yet unexpectedly, at this very moment, the voice of Ning Wei came from outside.

"Third Brother~ Third Brother!" He shouted while walking in with hurried steps.

(End of chapter)