Chapter 667: Moving House Gathering (II)

I watched Li Ming get closer and closer. At this moment, Li Ming had He Qing and Yang Tao get out of the car, accompanying him.

Let the villagers see that Li Ming, out there making a living, not only has a wife but also other women accompanying him home.

And both of them looked very happy.

I could only smile.

Li Ming saw me standing at the alley entrance waiting for him, and shouted louder: "Brother, why are you standing here?"

"Debiao, you're back." My mind still had the image of Fan Debiao from the TV drama, and I blurted out Li Ming's name as Debiao.

"What, brother?" Li Ming didn't hear clearly.

I quickly corrected myself: "Li Ming, you're back. Hurry home, Mother is waiting for you at home."

Li Ming said: "Wait a moment, brother. The neighbors on this street and these two lanes still don't know I'm back.

I'll go greet them."

"What greeting? They've all closed their doors." I said.

"I'll knock on the door." Li Ming said and then started pounding the gate of the first house at the alley entrance.

I was truly speechless.

He Qing looked at me and immediately greeted,

"Big brother, you're back. I heard Xiao Long also came."

"Yeah, Xiao Long came back together with her girlfriend Fang Rui." I said to He Qing.

After hearing me finish, He Qing's eyes flashed with worry.

She didn't say anything else.

At this moment, Yang Tao came over and linked arms with me,

"Jianqiang, you were waiting just for me, right? Let's go, let's head home first."

"Yang Tao, this isn't good, let Qiao Jie see." I said deliberately, then tried to shake off Yang Tao's arm.

"Hmph, Qiao Jie and you have nothing anymore, seriously. I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" Yang Tao said confidently.

"I really am afraid. Xiao Shitou, why hasn't he come yet?" I said, changing the subject.

"Xiao Shitou went to park the car; you can't drive into this alley." Yang Tao said.

So I took Yang Tao and He Qing and went home first.

Inside the house, Qian Niang and the others had seated themselves, waiting for us to return.

As soon as Yang Tao entered the courtyard, she exclaimed: "This villa is really well built, just lacking a swimming pool; if it had a pool, it wouldn't be any worse than foreign villas."

"We built this imitating Buckingham Palace, so it's fitting for your noble status, right?" I said with a laugh.

Yang Tao glared at me with her eyes.

Xiao Long came out of the house at this moment,

seeing He Qing, he walked to her side,

"Mom, where's Dad?"

He Qing looked at Xiao Long, and her eyes immediately welled up,

"Xiao Long, your dad is out there smoking."

Fang Rui also came over, stood near He Qing's side, and softly called: "Auntie."

He Qing looked at Fang Rui, her face showing no particular embarrassment,

and she responded in a very low voice.

I observed from the side.

From He Qing's complexion, it could be seen that she had no disdain for Fang Rui,

this shows she isn't completely opposed to Xiao Long's situation in her heart; I estimate that the only one opposing Xiao Long's matter is Li Ming alone.

Qian Niang also stood up and asked me: "Jianqiang, why hasn't Li Ming come in yet? Everyone is waiting for him."

I said: "He's out there handing out cigarettes to the surrounding neighbors, saying he hasn't been back in a long time, just shooting the breeze with everyone."

Upon hearing this, Qian Niang sighed: "Ah, before he wouldn't even talk to people, now he's chatting with them—nothing more than showing off."

I hurried over to Qian Niang's side,

"Mother, they've all come, you've moved house—be happy. Be happy, do you understand?"

Qian Niang nodded, then said nothing more.

After a while, I heard footsteps outside and the noisy clamor of voices.

I went out to look,

Li Ming was holding the hands of several people, not letting go,

"Brothers, you must come to my house for a meal; we all grew up together. Today I'm moving house—if you don't come eat, it's fine."

These people were pushing and declining, feeling embarrassed to come.

Li Ming not only handed out cigarettes to the surrounding neighbors, but also invited them to come to his house for a meal.

This matter got

I hadn't prepared for this.

Since they've come, they're all guests.

I hurried over as well and pulled these few people toward home.

"Jianqiang, wow, the villa you built for my aunt is really not bad." One of them said.

"Oh, Brother Wang, I'm just helping out; the main funding came from Li Ming's brother." I had to give face to Li Ming.

Upon hearing me say that, Li Ming straightened his neck even higher,

"Building this villa didn't cost much. Compared to the houses in Xin Cheng, it's still far less, Brother Wang—I think your house should also be built."

The one called Wang Ge said embarrassedly, "I'm not like Li Ming's brother out there handling big matters; I just farm at home, I don't have that ability."

"The house isn't about size; as long as it's comfortable to live in, that's fine. Wang Ge, come inside and sit." I let the embarrassed Wang Ge sit.

The people inside, as soon as they saw strangers coming,

They all hurriedly stood up.

At this time I arranged for Shi Yong and Shi Jinhe: "Shi Yong, go get another table; Jinhe, go to the restaurant and order the same dishes, set another table, otherwise we won't have enough seats."

The two nodded and went out.

Qian Niang quickly had Xiao Long pour tea for the neighbor and offer cigarettes, then she chatted with them.

Li Ming glanced at Xiao He and Fang Rui, then,

One could see from his expression that he was unhappy, but with many people around, it was not convenient to flare up,

He just paced back and forth in the room, looking.

After looking, Li Ming walked to my side,

"Brother, thank you."

"Li Ming, why be polite? Building a house for our mother is what we should do; besides, if you didn't put up the money, I couldn't have built it either."

"Brother, don't say that." Li Ming hastily gestured. It seems he still cares about this.

Xiao Shitou came in from outside.

"Dad, I want to tell you, there's no parking lot here. I parked at the edge of the

"I'm worried someone will scratch the car, so I want to eat something in the car while watching it."

"No need, what's there to fear? If it gets scratched, let the company pay for the repair, don't worry. With your Uncle Li Ming here, it's no big deal."

Li Ming hastily leaned over to whisper in my ear: "Brother, forget it; let Xiao Shitou watch the car. I heard fixing this car would cost tens of thousands; I'm not what I used to be, and I've also summoned some village leaders."

"Alright then, Xiao Shitou will watch the car. The village leaders—oh, you should have told them earlier; why aren't they here yet?" I said to Xiao Shitou, then also to Li Ming.

Xiao Shitou greeted Qian Niang and Xiao Long, then left.

"They'll come over once they're done with their work," Li Ming said.

I said: "Perfect, Shi Yong went to buy tables, Jinhe went to buy vegetables. Let Xiao Long go buy some more wine."

Li Ming didn't respond.

The two old men aren't speaking, huh?

I hurriedly called Xiao Long over, telling him to go to the outside store to buy more alcohol—beer, baijiu, red wine, drinks all needed.

Xiao Long had just taken a few steps when Fang Rui chased after him, wanting to accompany him.

Soon after, Shi Yong bought another table and placed it in the living room.

Fortunately the living room is large; otherwise two tables couldn't be set out.

It worked out well for men and women to sit separately; everyone could chat easily.

Inviting the village leaders to dinner is more troublesome; they like to put on airs,

after notifying them, you still have to go to their homes to personally invite them; otherwise the host lacks sincerity and they lose face.

Xiao Long and Fang Rui bought the wine,

I again arranged for Xiao Long to invite the village leaders.

We have to give them face, after all Qian Niang will be living here from now on.

Xiao Long isn't familiar with the village leaders either; fortunately our neighbor Wang Ge knows the situation.

He is willing to take Xiao Long to call the village leaders to come eat.

What should have been a simple housewarming feast, Li Ming made overly complicated.