Chapter 946: Pick Up
"Why did you buy so many things? We already have thermos and other things at home, so why do you have new bedding?"
"I have to go to get the things at home, which is too far and inconvenient. Now I have a thermos and can go to the tiger stove to buy two pots of hot water. When I use the basin to wash the rag, I can use warm water, which is less painful.
I bought the bedding specially. No one has lived in this house for a long time. I will live alone for a few days to increase the popularity, so that it will be better when you and Hongmin move in."
"You kid."
"By the way, aunt, although there is a fireplace in the room, I think It is not suitable for use now, so I just bought some briquettes at the briquettes supply station. They will be delivered to me later. Please point out a place to put them. "
"Yes, yes, other families use briquettes to live, and we are asking for trouble if we use fireplaces. I will go to see if the firewood room in the west can still be used. The firewood and briquettes in the family were placed there before."
"As long as there is a place, you can go to the tiger stove to buy two pots of hot water and I will go to clean up the firewood room."
After Hao Jingshi went to buy water with the thermos, Han Li went to the firewood room and waved his hand to clean it up.
Then the two began to clean up, sweep, mop the floor, wipe, rearrange the existing furniture, and bought a few "oil dumplings" at noon to deal with a simple meal.
Oil dumplings are a kind of fried food similar to the northern vegetable triangle. Hao Jingshi bought three kinds of oil dumplings with fillings, chopped green onion and shredded white radish, bean paste and meat.
Han Li felt that the bean paste filling was average, and the shredded radish and meat fillings were good.
The coal briquettes and stoves were delivered in the afternoon. Han Li quickly lit up the stoves, and then placed one in the living room, one in the kitchen, and one in the bedroom where he would sleep tonight.
Because there was no glass cutter, the chimney could not be installed for the time being. With Hao Jingshi by his side, Han Li could not use decomposition to decompose a hole in the glass. Now he could only push the window open a little.
However, after the stove was lit, the damp and cold smell in the room was gradually reduced, which was an effect that could not be achieved by opening the window for ventilation.
The two of them were busy until the evening and only cleaned out more than half of the room. Han Li stopped Hao Jingshi from cleaning up the room in one go.
"Aunt, it's almost time. Let's all come here today. Let's have a meal together and I'll take you back."
After Han Li finished speaking, Hao Jing looked up at the sky. She had been immersed in the joy of cleaning her house. She didn't expect that it was already this time. If she were alone, she would definitely work late into the night, but Han Li, the future son-in-law, was also there, so she could only put down the rag in her hand and said with a smile.
"Okay, bring the stove and kitchen utensils when I come tomorrow, and we'll start cooking here."
Han Li's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. It was only a matter of time before Hao Jing would move things in the house here. It was basically impossible to hide it from the neighbors, and they had to pay attention to people's hearts.
Hate you for having, laugh at you for not having, dislike you for being poor, and fear you for being rich. This mentality basically does not distinguish between regions and times.
If Hao Hongmin found such a good partner as Han Li, her neighbors could only sigh that their daughters did not meet such an excellent partner. This was bad luck, and they could only accept it helplessly.
But such a big and good house, their neighbors would definitely not accept it in their hearts.
Originally, everyone lived at the bottom of society, living in crowded and shabby alleys, and people like Hao Jingshi were at the bottom of the society, and were usually looked down upon, despised, and ridiculed by everyone.
Now that these people suddenly have to move into spacious and comfortable mansions, they can only continue to live in small alleys. The psychological gap of these neighbors can be imagined.
If Hao Hongmin's family moved out of Shanghai directly, or if there were men in their family, the situation would be better.
But their family did not move out of Shanghai, and Han Li would leave Shanghai in a while. At that time, there were only two women in their family, and they basically had no ability to resist risks.
It's not that they took risks. If they had the ability, they wouldn't still be living in the alleys now. But if someone felt uncomfortable, it would be disgusting to write letters of complaint every few days.
So this matter can only be downplayed little by little, and it can't be known to everyone.
It would be best to remove Hao Jingshi's current job of sweeping the streets, so that the neighbors can't contact them in a short time. This situation only needs to wait until next year after the reform and opening up, when the capitalist titles of Hao Hongmin and her daughter are no longer a weakness. Han Li thought of this and said after making up his mind.
"That's good. I have always been thinking about your craftsmanship, but the human heart is the most complicated thing. When you take things out, take less each time. It's best not to tell the truth to the neighbors. After all, I will go back to the city in a few days."
Hao Jingshi also reacted to Han Li's words. What she had experienced in these years made her clearly understand the meaning of the four words "the human heart is unpredictable". Just now, she was just too excited and didn't think about these things, but it was really a bit strange to be preached by a junior.
For dinner, the two of them had a simple meal on the street. While eating, they thought about what excuses to use to make the mother and daughter gradually fade out of the sight of those neighbors.
After dinner, Han Li accompanied Hao Jingshi all the way home before leaving. During this time, many of their neighbors saw them. After Han Li left, Hao Jingshi told the curious neighbors the reason that the two of them had just agreed upon.
"Han Li felt sorry for my daughter who didn't eat well at school and that running back and forth would affect her studies, so he rented a room for me next to the school and asked me to cook for my daughter at mealtime. I would come back less often on weekdays, but the house over there couldn't accommodate two people, so we would come back here on Sundays."
Really? False? It doesn't matter. What's important is to tell these neighbors that Hao Jingshi will come back less often in the future, so that she can find a more reasonable reason for not coming back often.
Another thing is to tell these neighbors that the rented house over there is very small, and the mother and daughter have to come back to live on Sundays, and such a small house will not make these neighbors jealous.
Similarly, Hao Jingshi's taking out some daily necessities will not arouse the suspicion of these neighbors.
After Han Li left the alley, he did not return directly to the house on Duolun Road, but turned to the black market to find what he wanted.
However, he did not find the tickets for the gas tank and gas stove he wanted in the first black market, but he got a ticket for a radio, which is not bad, just in time to buy it back for Hao Hongmin and her daughter to entertain themselves at home.
Han Li finally found what he wanted in the second black market. In addition, he also exchanged some extra money and tickets for backup. Money can be spent anywhere, and local tickets can be left for Hao Hongmin when he leaves.
After Han Li returned to Duolun Road from the black market, he first decomposed the glass to make a hole just enough to accommodate the chimney. After installing the chimney, he made himself a cup of tea, lay on the bed that Hao Jing had just made, and took out a book from the decomposition space and slowly flipped through it.
What Han Li didn't know at this time was that two things that were closely related to him happened in Sijiu City in the past few days, and he would still have a headache when he returned.