It was snowing heavily outside. Li He hadn't even finished his cup of tea in his office when Meng Jianguo asked him to help him move.
Li He said, "Isn't the dormitory pretty good?"
Meng Jianguo said, "Isn't my wife pregnant? Now that it's snowing, the people in the building walk around and the floor is covered in snow. When it melts, it's all wet and slippery. She's always on tenterhooks going up and down the stairs. We have to change places."
Li He was caught off guard by Meng Jianguo's change. Could it be that he could turn from a rough man to a warm man if he burned the heater too much?
"Then let's wait until the snow stops. It's snowing so heavily outside. Where can we move to?"
"Huangzhuang District. The snow will get heavier in the next few days. It's better to move now. "
"Zhongguancun? Isn't it still being built? Besides, it's a relocation house. The conditions aren't that good. "
"It's the academician building," Meng Jianguo said proudly. To be able to live in the academician building was a symbol of status.
Li He said, "How did you get into the revolutionary team?"
Meng Jianguo said, "Have you forgotten what my father-in-law does for a living? I moved in with him."
"Are you going to be a live-in son-in-law?" Li He didn't forget to tease him. He then remembered that his father-in-law was an old engineer who built the Tanzania-Zambia Railway in the 60s. He was a rather amiable old man. When Meng Jianguo got married, his parents came from the Southern Anhui countryside. His father-in-law was very respectful and didn't put on any airs. He really treated him as his in-laws.
Most importantly, his wife was not bad. When Meng Jianguo brought her back to the Southern Anhui countryside, she couldn't get used to the food, water, or living there. Even if her body was full of lice, she would still bear it. Even if she wasn't interested in the mountains, fields, or vegetable gardens, she would still pretend to be interested. She didn't have any princess syndrome.
Hence, Meng Jianguo was very grateful. He was willing to be considerate to his wife because of this.
Meng Jianguo didn't mind at all. He even said proudly, "They only have one daughter. Now, there's only the two of them left. The place is big and they love their daughter. I'm just following them."
"That's good. It's closer to her workplace, but you're a bit further away. You'll have to take a big detour. "
Huangzhuang District was right next to Fu Zhong, so it was very convenient for his wife to go to work.
Meng Jianguo said, "What's the big deal about me running a bit more? In the past, when I was in middle school and high school, I had to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads. Are you saying that I can't walk on a flat road like this? You don't have any classes in the afternoon, right? If you don't, you can come with me now. "
Li He looked around and asked curiously, "It can't be just the two of us, right?"
"Old Mu and the others have classes now, Liu Yibo is not in school, and the others are under the control of their wives. It's not easy for me to order them around. Who else can I look for other than you?"
"Sigh." Sure enough, single people had no human rights. Li He then asked, "What about Li Ke? That kid has nothing better to do. "
"You don't know?"
"Know what?"
Meng Jianguo looked at Li He with disdain and said, "You're such a good person. You don't even know such a big thing. He's the secretary of the Secretariat now. How would he have the time to mess around with us at such a critical moment? "
"No wonder I don't see him usually." Li He had not seen Li Ke for a long time. However, it was a wonderful feeling to witness the rise of a big boss.
He followed Meng Jianguo to his house. There were big and small bags of things on the ground. There were not many clothes, bedding, pots, pans, and stoves. Instead, there were stacks of books.
Meng Jianguo pointed to a big bag on the ground and said, "These are clothes. It'll be easier for you to carry them."
The two of them carried the things downstairs one by one and stuffed them into the No. 3 bus. Meng Jianguo rode in front while Li He pushed from behind.
After a total of three buses, the two of them were so cold that their faces were red and their noses were running. Li He helped to put the luggage in the last bus on the third floor of the academician's building. He then rubbed his hands and said, "Pack it up yourself. I'll be leaving first."
It was already five o 'clock. He was anxious to go back and wait for Shen Daoru's call.
Meng Jianguo's mother-in-law insisted that he stay for dinner, but he declined. Meng Jianguo could not stop him either.
He did not return to school. Instead, he took a shortcut from Zhongguancun and walked home.
When he reached home, the door was open. Four and Li Qiuhong were warming themselves around the stove in the house.
"You two don't have classes today?"
Li Qiuhong said, "We only have one class in the afternoon. Tomorrow is Sunday, so we don't have classes anyway. We came back early and even went shopping. "
Four heated up the food on the stove for Li He and brought it to him.
"We're on holiday in a week. Why don't we take the train this year?"
Li He opened a bottle of wine and took a sip. He felt the hot air pour from his throat into his stomach. It was very comfortable. He glanced at Four and shook his head. "Let's take the plane. The train is too slow. "
Taking the train was too torturous for him. He was not happy about it.
"The plane is expensive. The train is cheap."
Li He said, "We don't need you to pay. Don't worry. We'll buy the tickets tomorrow. "He could only buy the tickets after confirming the time of Four's holiday.
"Yeah, we don't need you to pay. Don't worry," Li Qiuhong chimed in from behind.
Four tugged at her ear impatiently. "You're making fun of me too."
Li Qiuhong pulled her hand away and smiled. "I'm not going to mess with you anymore. I'm going home too. Otherwise, my brother will be looking for me all over the world."
Li He looked at the sky and said, "It's already dark. I'll spend the night with Li Bing and go back tomorrow."
"It's okay. We can take the tram directly to my house."
Seeing that she was going out, Li Bing stood up and followed behind her, sending her to the bus stop. The cold wind shuttled through the alley, whimpering and roaring, panting heavily. The bare trees swayed left and right in the wind, and snowflakes were flying on the street.
"I can't hold the umbrella." Four narrowed his eyes and put away the umbrella. He untied the scarf wrapped around his head and was about to wrap it around Li Qiuhong's head.
Li Qiuhong pushed him away. "It'll be warm on the bus. I'm wearing a scarf too."
"Slow down." Seeing that Li Qiuhong had gotten on the bus, Four turned around and covered his forehead with his hand as he walked home slowly in the wind and snow. When he reached the house, he patted the snow off his body and held the teacup on the table in his arms to warm his hands.
"Brother, I have something to tell you."
Li He sipped his wine as he said, "Why hasn't your Mandarin improved after so long?"
Seeing that Li He didn't reply, Four got a little anxious. "I really have something to tell you."
"Then just say it," Li He said disapprovingly.
"I want to go abroad." After saying this, Four looked at Li He's expression and felt that the air was still.
Li He's eyebrows were already raised. He put the cup by his mouth for a long time but didn't put it into his mouth. After a long while, he gulped it down and picked up a piece of salted radish and stuffed it into his mouth.
"No way."
He couldn't think of why he would object, but he instinctively wanted to object. He was tired of waiting, and it was just pure boredom.
Four was anxious. "I'll go to the public school. Brother, you don't have to spend a penny. I'm sure I can get in. "
She had thought about Li He's various attitudes for a long time, and she also thought that Li He would object, but she didn't expect that Li He would object so directly, without any reservation or room for negotiation.
"Serve me rice." Li He pushed the bowl in his hand to Four.
Four held back his grievances, picked up the bowl and went to the kitchen. She filled the big bowl with rice before returning to the central room and placing it in front of Li He.
Li He turned a blind eye to her attitude and only cared about eating and drinking his own food.
"Hurry up and wash up and go to sleep. Why are you still standing here on such a cold day?"
Four asked indignantly, "Why?"
Li He waved his chopsticks in annoyance. "Why do you have so many whys? It's your business to study well. I don't believe that such a big school can't accommodate you, and you still want to go abroad. You're so capable. "
Four stomped his feet angrily. He went back to the house and cried on the table, his shoulders shaking violently.
"I must have owed you in my previous life."
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