coobybook Chapter 133 Moving into the courtyard house.
Chapter 133 Moving into the courtyard house.
"Comrade Yang Ke, let's go then."
After finishing his conversation with Secretary Lin, Yi Zhonghai turned around and beckoned Yang Ke to return to the courtyard house together.
Yi Zhonghai also kept inquiring about Yang Ke's situation along the way, and after getting a general idea, his tone became much more polite.
Of course, Yang Ke deliberately let Yi Zhonghai know this.
After all, Yi Zhonghai, the Moral Celestial Venerable, is a big shot. As long as he doesn't cause trouble for me openly, I don't need to worry about him.
Besides, once they knew his situation, no one dared to cause trouble.
"We've arrived, Yang Ke. This is our courtyard house."
Yi Zhonghai led Yang Ke to a courtyard house located west of Xizhimen in Nanluoguxiang, which is the same one featured in the drama.
"Based on Secretary Lin's suggestion, the apartment across from Third Uncle's hasn't been arranged yet, so we'll let you stay here."
Yi Zhonghai pointed to the big house opposite the third uncle Yan Bugui and said to Yang Ke.
According to Yi Zhonghai's description, the courtyard currently houses 20 households with over 100 people, but only 43 rooms.
The front yard to the left of the entrance has three rooms belonging to Yan Bugui, while Sha Zhu's house has three rooms at the main entrance of the middle courtyard, plus a side room next to Yi Zhonghai, for a total of four rooms.
The old man has two rooms on the right side of the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu has one large room on the left side of the middle courtyard, Liu Haizhong has three rooms on the right side of the back courtyard, Xu Damao has three rooms on the left side, and the old lady has two rooms in the back courtyard, one large and one small.
Currently, the main characters in the story occupy 20 rooms, while the remaining 15 households, roughly 80 people, are divided among the 20 rooms.
Originally, Yang Ke's large front house could have housed three more families, but he ended up moving in.
Secretary Lin Bin naturally wouldn't let Yang Ke squeeze in with others, so he arranged for her to be in the large room in the middle of the front yard, but the kitchen and side rooms were included in the room.
Even the two families on either side of Yang Ke were relocated to make room for him, but they ended up in better places, so no one said anything about it.
In fact, apart from Yi Zhonghai and a few other residents in front of the courtyard, the rest were all employees of the steel rolling mill who moved in under the arrangement of the neighborhood committee.
If you want to arrange a house, you can do so as long as there is a suitable one. Who wouldn't be happy to move to a better place?
"Uncle, is it not good for me to live in such a big place all by myself?"
Yang Ke said calmly.
"How could that be? Those two rooms are just temporarily unoccupied. You can clean them up for the new residents when they move in."
Yi Zhonghai muttered to himself, "If I give it to someone else, would they dare to live there?"
That's what I really think, but what I say is something else entirely.
He even hoped someone would step forward and speak up so that he could protect Yang Ke and make Yang Ke appreciate his kindness.
"Uncle, why are you back at this hour?"
The third aunt inherited Yan Bugui's gatekeeper skills. When she saw Yi Zhonghai return at noon, she asked him a question out of surprise.
"Yes, this is your new neighbor across the hall, named Yang Ke."
Yi Zhonghai also introduced Yang Ke's situation.
"Oh, so you were assigned to the room across from us?"
Recently, three rooms opposite Yan Bugui in the front yard have been vacated, and the birds in the courtyard have been eagerly hoping to be able to occupy them.
Now that they heard Yang Ke had been assigned a room, the third aunt was naturally curious.
"Yang Ke will stay in all three rooms for now, and we'll talk about it when there are new residents."
"After all, that was originally just a side room and a kitchen."
Yi Zhonghai is lying through his teeth.
To be honest, this courtyard can't accommodate that many people. He doesn't expect anyone to understand what he's saying; those who understand will understand anyway.
Don't understand?
Even if you say that the house belongs to Yang Ke, people will still come and try to take it, let alone just a resident of a courtyard. So there's no need for him to be too explicit.
While the three aunties were still thinking, Yi Zhonghai led Yang Ke to look at all three rooms.
Actually, he was quite envious of the three rooms in the front yard, because most of the furniture inside had been replaced by someone else.
As for who made the change, it was naturally Li Huaide who sent his secretary, Wu Jun, to make the arrangement.
The young master wants to suffer, but we can't let him really suffer, otherwise you'll be the one suffering.
"Grandpa, the environment here is really nice."
Yang Ke also made a joke.
"Yeah, there aren't any seasonings or anything like that, and there's nothing to eat either."
"Yang Ke, can you cook? Otherwise, you usually just grab a bite at your grandpa's place. Your grandma can cook, though."
Yi Zhonghai also mentioned the empty kitchen.
"You're too kind, sir. I can still cook. I'll treat the old men in the yard to a meal after I've finished tidying up here. I'll go back and pack my clothes first."
Yang Ke smiled and waved his hand in refusal.
"Okay, if you move in after I get off work tonight, I'll take you around to see all the houses in the yard and introduce you to the other people."
"Everyone is at work now, and there are only women left at home, so we won't go over there for now."
Yi Zhonghai also brought up the matter of the matchmaker.
"Okay, sir, thank you for your help."
Yang Ke nodded, looking completely harmless.
After they finished talking, Yi Zhonghai went home for dinner, while Yang Ke went back to the Yang family home to get some of his clothes and toiletries.
Clothes were all prepared for Yang Ke, for all four seasons. As for food and seasonings, he didn't need to prepare them himself; they were already neatly arranged in the car.
Well, when you move, you have a lot of stuff, so having a car to help deliver it is perfectly reasonable, right?
In the afternoon, when Yang Yue returned, he naturally inquired about Yang Ke's situation. After learning about the arrangements made by Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, he nodded in satisfaction.
Sure enough, the arrangements were quite tough, which is good, as it helps to train people!
"Then Dad, I'll move there. I'll come back to see you whenever I have free time on weekends."
Yang Ke glanced at the time and realized it was time to get off work, so he decided to go to the courtyard house.
It is 1958, and everyone is starving.
Seeing him take on all the moving work, some people would naturally have inappropriate thoughts, and he certainly wouldn't miss such a scene.
"Alright, Xiao Li, you drop Xiao Ke off. Don't park the car in the alley; move it in from outside. Be discreet!"
Yang Yue gave his driver, Xiao Li, a hint.
"Good leader."
Xiao Li nodded.
These days, drivers are either very clever or very loyal.
The driver, Xiao Li, was quick-witted, so he naturally knew what Yang Yue meant by keeping a low profile.
Yang Ke didn't pay any attention, pretended not to understand, got into the car, and was led by Xiao Li to an alley not far from the courtyard.
Yes, the neighborhood office is right next door.
"Director Wang, what a coincidence! I'm Leader Yang's driver. There's a parking space over there, so we'll just stop here for a bit."
Despite being just a driver, driver Xiao Li knew people from Yang Ke's neighborhood office, and Director Wang was the one who appeared many times in the show.
"This must be Yang Ke. He's quite the handsome young man."
Director Wang greeted Yang Ke with a smile.
"Hello, Director Wang."
Yang Ke gave a shy smile.
Knowing it was the leader's car, Director Wang simply nodded and prepared to attend to other matters. After all, they had already met, and they could deal with any further issues later.
Yang Ke and the driver, Xiao Li, didn't say much. After nodding in acknowledgment, they continued to move their luggage, some food, seasonings, tableware, and so on.
Fortunately, the food and tableware were all packed in burlap sacks, so they weren't too conspicuous.