Chapter 923 - Chapter 923: Quarrel
Chapter 923: Quarrel
Translator: Atlas Studios | Editor: Atlas Studios
By the time Li Gui and the children came back after collecting the vehicles, Zhang Qin and Zhang Miao had already packed all their things. Zhang Miao even wanted to move the piano over to Qiao Mei’s house. Xia He was so shocked that she quickly stopped Zhang Miao and arranged for someone from the Xia family to buy an identical piano and deliver it to Qiao Mei’s house.
Qiao Mei could keep the new piano for self entertainment in the future, or she could ask Xia Zhe to play a few romantic songs for her next time. The kids from the Xia family all knew how to play a musical instrument. This was something that Xu Lan had forced upon them.
Every day, on the way home, Zhang Wei would compete with Zhang Chao to see who could run home faster. Zhang Wei always won and it was no exception today.
As soon as Zhang Wei entered the house, he saw that Zhang Qin and Zhang Miao had piled up all their luggage in the courtyard. Zhang Qin had even gone into his room to remove the bedding.
“Xiao Qin, what are you doing?” Zhang Wei asked in a state of confusion.
“Eldest brother! All of you are back! We’re going to stay at elder sister’s house!” Zhang Qin said without explaining anything.
He thought that this house belonged to them? Why did they need to move? Zhang Wei did not understand what Zhang Qin was talking about.
When Li Gui entered, she was also shocked by the scene in front of her. There were so many bags of different sizes that it looked as they had been raided. When Xia He heard the commotion, she quickly ran over from Qiao Qiang’s house to explain the whole story to Li Gui.
“Then… will we be disturbing the old master? The old master is very particular about peace and quiet back in the village,” Li Gui said hesitantly.
“It’s fine. I think Grandpa Qiao is feeling quite happy about it! Your room is in Qiao Mei’s front part of the house and these children will live in the back part. Let’s just make do with this arrangement for a while. You can move back once the repairs are done,” Xia He said.
Other than the solution that Xia He had mentioned, no one had any other better ideas. They moved their things over to Qiao Mei’s place quickly and then locked up this house. It appeared that Li Gui would need to shift the popcorn production to another location.
Tan Jing had already been resting at home for a week. The school had given her a warning that if she did not return to work soon, they would fire her. However, Tan Jing did not care about this at all. Her focus was all on Xia Wen now.
For the past week, other than going home to sleep every day, Xia Wen spent the rest of the time either returning work calls or being busy with Qiao Mei’s family matters.
Even when Qiao Mei wanted to buy a pager, it was Xia Wen who had to help. What would be the next request? Would the next request be to repair the sewer pipes at her house? Would she ask Xia Wen to buy groceries for her family when they ran out of food?
In the end, it was almost as Tan Jing had expected. At that moment, Xia Wen was on the phone with Xia He who was asking him to contact the floor heating company to send workers down to do the repairs. During this era, floor heating was still not very commonplace and there were not many people who knew how to do the repairs. It was Xia Wen who had found the contractor to install the floor heating at Li Gui’s house. Now that it was out of order, they had to get the same company to do the repairs. This matter would be resolved faster if Xia Wen handled it himself.
Xia Wen stood in front of the window and held the phone receiver as he said, “Yes, I understand. I’ll call them tomorrow and ask them to go and do the repairs. It’s already so late now. Even if I call, I won’t be able to contact anyone. How have you and Qiao Mei been recently? Do you need Aunt to go over…” Before Xia Wen could finish speaking, Tan Jing walked over angrily and cut off the call, leaving only a busy tone on the other end of the phone.
Xia Wen turned around and frowned as he stared at Tan Jing. He had noticed Tan Jing’s abnormal behavior in the past week and also knew the reason for it, but he still did not understand why it had to come to this.
“Is it Qiao Mei’s family matters again?” Tan Jing questioned.
“Yes, there’s a problem with the floor heating at their house. Xiao He called and asked me to get someone to go over and take a look,” Xia Wen said nonchalantly.
“Why is it about Qiao Mei’s family matters again? Do they need your help with everything? If something is broken, can’t they find a solution themselves! Why must they come and look for you! What is so urgent about her family matters that you have to be the one to deal with it!” Tan Jing shouted angrily at Xia Wen.
Xia Wen did not want to quarrel with Tan Jing and turned to leave. However, Tan Jing Wanted to stop him and gave him a push, causing him to hit his waist against the windowsill so hard that he almost cried out in pain..