Chapter 88 – First time to Weier’s home (1/2)

Chen Weier’s home was at the bungalow area near the market place, it was a typical quadrangle. The square courtyard had a sewer in the middle, and people liked on all four sides of it. There was no heater, nor an indoor bathroom, making it infinitely crude and simple.

In 1995, Songjiang city has not undergone mass city planning yet, and thus these quadrangle-styled buildings were very common in the bungalow area. Once winter arrives, and the sewer in the courtyard freezes, the layers of ice on top of each other would look like a small ice mountain from away.

“There’s no helping it, our family’s poor, and can’t afford apartments,” Chen Weier smiled apologetically.

“It’s okay, my grand also lives in this type of quadrangle. I actually feel it is more comfortable than apartments!” I said without minding it at all.

“Hehe!” Chen Weier giggled gratefully.

“Dad! Liu Lei’s here!” Chen Weier opened the door and shouted inside.

“Oh, Weier, get him to come in, it’s cold outside!” A man’s voice, which is Chen Weier’s father’s, came out from within.

I was just about to change shoes when Chen Weier shook her hands at me, only then did I remember that these bungalows all had cement floors, so I didn’t have to wear slippers.

Chen Weier’s family’s home wasn’t large, there were two rooms, which totaled to only forty something squared meters, there was a kang in the large room, Chen Weier’s father was lying on it resting. The small room was split with plywood, Chen Weier and Chen Yong probably had half each.

“Sit quickly! Weier, get our guest some fruit!” Saying that, Chen Weier’s father was about to sit up.

“Uncle Chen, rest, don’t mind me!” I quickly stopped Father Chen from sitting up, and said, “Weier, don’t busy yourself either I don’t need to eat fruit.”

I knew about Chen Weier’s family’s living conditions, it wasn’t easy to afford some fruits, it might be to improve Father Chen’s health, how I can take over his fruits.

Chen Weier saw that I didn’t want her to go, and thus didn’t insist, and sat with me beside Father Chen’s bed, and talked a bit about her father’s situation, from the looks of it, there wasn’t any signs of organ rejection, the recovery was going well, and he was probably going to get fully healed after Chinese New Year. Looking at Chen Weier’s happy expression, I felt like this two hundred something thousand was so worth it!

About the time of brewing one pot of tea later, Chen Yong and Chen Weier’s mother returned home together.

“Liu Lei, you came over!” Mother Chen said enthusiastically to me when she saw me.

“Yeah, Weier and I just arrived,” I stood up and received the groceries in Mother Chen’s hands.

“You know our family’s situation, we aren’t scared of you laughing at us, the money was all used for Weier’s dad to go to the doctor, so we can’t take you to a restaurant, we can’t only make a few dishes at home…” Mother Chen said apologizingly.

“It’s okay, I love eating food cooked at home!” Hearing Mother Chen’s words, I sweated in my home, I spent four thousand something kuai for one mean with Fatty Wu at Heaven on Earth yesterday, it was enough for a normal family like Chen Weier’s to eat for a year.

Chen Yong went and froze the sugarcoated haws that weren’t sold, and then started to help Mother Chen wash the vegetables and rice.

“Auntie, let me help you guys,” I stood up and said.

“No, it’s fine! Let Weier chat with you in the room, Da Yong and I will busy ourselves!” Mother Chen immediately refused.

“It’s okay, let Weier stay with Uncle! I’ll help you make dinner!” Saying that, I followed behind Mother Chen into the kitchen. Actually I haven’t ate the entire day and was dead hungry. By helping them I can speed up the process.

“Let me do this!” I snatched over the fish in Mother Chen’s hands, and familiarly scratched off the fish scales.