Chapter 149 New Neighbors
Chapter 149 New Neighbors
The Spring Festival passed quickly. With one day left before the end of the holiday, Zhang Yu and his wife packed their luggage and returned to the county town.
When they arrived at the door of their house, they saw their neighbors were also busy moving things.
The family was a young couple with two babies and an older woman.
Seeing Zhang Yu's family carrying large and small bags of things, the older woman came forward and greeted them: "Comrade, have you just moved here? What a coincidence, we are neighbors."
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. When Zhang Yu heard the question, he replied politely: "Oh, hello, auntie, we just moved here. We have lived here for a long time. We went back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year."
Then, he pointed at the woman and asked, "Aunt, you just moved here."
"Yes, my son and daughter-in-law were transferred to work here. This place is close to their workplace, and the owner of this house just moved out, so we moved here."
"Really? Auntie, we are neighbors from now on. What should I call you, auntie?"
"My husband's surname is Lu, so you can just call me Aunt Lu. The ones who are carrying the luggage are my son Lu Chong and my daughter-in-law Liu Lili."
Then, Aunt Lu said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, my wife works in the supply and marketing cooperative. If you want to buy something in the future, we can discuss it."
When Zhang Yu heard that she was working at the supply and marketing cooperative, he said, "Really? Then you are so lucky, auntie. Are you a salesperson?"
"Oh, yes, yes, it's the salesperson. Oh, by the way, I haven't asked you what your name is yet?"
Zhang Yu replied: "My name is Zhang Yu. The one holding the child next to me is my wife Ma Luoying. Next to me is my sister-in-law and my children."
Aunt Lu took a look at Zhang Yu's children, big and small, and said enviously: "Are these all your children? This is really lively!"
Zhang Yu smiled and said, "Yes, it will be more fun with more children."
"You two are lucky, but I am also lucky. I am also going to have grandchildren, haha."
At this time, the sound of a baby crying came from Aunt Lu's house. The old aunt hurriedly said to Zhang Yu: "Comrade Zhang, I won't talk to you anymore. My grandson is crying. I'm going to comfort him first."
As soon as she left, Ma Luoying came over with the child in her arms, looked at Zhang Yu and whispered, "Xiaoyu, what's wrong? What does that family do?"
Zhang Yu picked up the child and told his wife about the conversation he had just had with Aunt Lu.
After Zhang Yu finished speaking, Ma Luoying whispered: "I don't know if I'm sensitive or what, but I felt like someone was staring at us just now."
"You suspect Aunt Lu's family."
"I don't know. Just pay attention. You can hold the child. I just came back and the house is a mess. I have to clean it up."
As she turned around and was about to go into the house, Zhang Yu grabbed her and said, "How can I let you clean up by yourself? Wait, let's do it together."
Then, he said to his two adopted sons who were having fun in the house, "Protect the family and the country, keep an eye on your brother, your mother and I will clean up the house."
"Okay, Dad," and after saying that, the two kids took their younger brother away.
It was not until noon that Zhang Yu finished cleaning up and just sat down.
There was a knock on the door, and then Ma Luoyan's voice came in: "Sister, are you back? I came to see you."
Zhang Yu got up and opened the door, and Ma Luoyan and her husband came in holding their child.
After entering the house, Ma Luoyan handed the child to Zhang Yu without any hesitation and asked, "Where is my sister?"
Zhang Yu was not going to pamper her. He directly handed the child to Director Lu and said, "Hey, Mama Luoyan, you really treat me like a coolie. You can hold your own child, why are you looking for my wife? My wife just packed up and is resting inside."
Ma Luoyan looked at Zhang Yu with disdain and said, "Why do you care so much about our women's affairs?"
As she said that, she pushed Zhang Yu away, opened the door, and walked into the inner room.
"Hey, I said"
Zhang Yu looked at Ma Luoyan's back and said to Director Lu: "I say, Brother Lu, why don't you just do anything and let her be so arrogant in my house?"
Director Lu smiled and advised: "Don't be angry, she is just like that, she has no bad intentions. It's been such a long time since we last met, the two sisters should talk to each other. Come on, let's go and chat."
As they talked, they sat on the stools next to each other and started chatting.
Director Lu asked in a low voice: "Hey, Zhang Yu, do you have any news? Is this child my wife's?"
Zhang Yu was also helpless when he mentioned this. In this era, DNA cannot be checked, so he said: "I have been checking it. At that time, we just saw that Xiaojuan's behavior was very strange, so we suspected it, but there is no evidence. Tell me, if the child is real, what should we do?"
Director Lu looked worried. He replied, "Of course. It would be great if we had the technology to verify whether the child was real or not."
Zhang Yu thought to himself: Just wait, in another ten or twenty years, it will be a matter of minutes, but now, it’s impossible.
So he said: "You don't need to tell me, just keep the child. It's not your wife's, and it's not yours anyway."
Director Lu was unhappy after hearing this. He said, "Hey, how can you talk like that? It's my wife's. I like her. That's called loving someone and loving their dog. What if this child is my enemy's?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two sisters Ma Luoying came out of the room talking and laughing.
Watching Zhang Yu and Director Lu bickering, Ma Luoyan sneered and said, "Zhang Yu, how can you quarrel with anyone? You can't be so angry with my sister at home, right?"
Zhang Yu pointed at the two people and said, "You two, you came to my house on New Year's Day to make things difficult for me, especially you. Are you done? If you are done, go home quickly."
At this time, Ma Luoying stepped forward and said, "Okay, Xiaoyu, they just came to say that there are new people in your supply and marketing cooperative."
Zhang Yu asked: "Who is it? When did you come?"
"A new salesperson has come to work at the beginning of the year"
"That, I know, it's the daughter-in-law next door to me."
"You're next door?"
"Yes"
Ma Luoyan was not convinced and said: "I heard that her boyfriend and my sister are both from the county government."
Zhang Yu looked at Ma Luoying and said, "Wife, you saw that person just now, do you have any impression of him?"
Ma Luoying shook her head and said, "That person looks unfamiliar to me, so he must have just been transferred here."
Zhang Yu looked at Director Lu and said, "What's going on? This is too much of a coincidence!"
Ma Luoyan reminded him: "What's the coincidence? I've asked around, the county government seems to be setting up a reform office and is going to select someone from the county government to be the director of the reform office."
"I've never heard of the Reform Office. What does it manage?"
At this time, Director Lu interrupted and said, "I'm not sure. It seems to be conveying some reform spirit from above, and then some publicity of new policies and the implementation of measures."
Zhang Yu pulled Ma Luoying over and said, "Wife, defeat him. I'm here to support you mentally."
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, Ma Luoyan pushed him away and said, "Go to hell, you are a gigolo who relies on your wife."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Ma Luoying quickly stopped them and said, "Okay, stop it, both of you."
Then she said to Zhang Yu: "Xiao Yu, it seems that my feeling is right. There is something wrong with this family. You should pay attention to that salesperson. Suddenly, two people were transferred in. They are from the same unit as us and live next door to us. Maybe they are in the same group as before."
Zhang Yu also stopped playing and nodded seriously.
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