Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 35 Thick-Skinned

"You need my help?"

Li Yancheng, who was about to find a cup from the small cabinet under the table to pour water for the two of them, simply stopped what he was doing after hearing this, sat down in his chair, and looked at the Qian father and son.

If Ningning hadn't come over, he might have been a little confused, not knowing why this father and son were looking for him.

But after hearing what happened in the yard just now and seeing these two people, he already had something in his mind. Needless to say, it was definitely because of his own house.

"What's the matter, Ruishan? Why do you even have to beg?"

"Ahem..." In response to Li Yancheng's question, Qian Ruishan cleared his throat and took the opportunity to glance at his father beside him. Seeing that his father did not express anything special, he continued.

"That's the case, Dacheng. You should also know about what happened in our yard, right?"

"Well, it happened the day before yesterday. Of course I know about it. Didn't the street office say they were going to renovate it?"

"Yes, we need to repair it, but it's too cold in winter to start the work."

Qian Ruishan stopped here again. He wanted to wait for his old classmate to take over so that he could lead the topic to what he wanted to say.

But Li Yancheng had no intention of responding. He just sat there looking at him, waiting for him to continue.

"Uh..." Since the other person didn't respond, Qian Ruishan had no choice but to continue talking. He couldn't just stop there in that awkward moment.

"The subdistrict office reassigned a house for my family, right next to the office, but..."

Qian Ruishan stumbled at this point. He didn't know how to continue. After thinking for a second or two, he simply gritted his teeth and made his point clear.

"Dacheng, my father and I came to see you today just to see if you can..."

"Ruishan, wait a moment..."

Without letting him continue, Li Yancheng interrupted him directly.

The reason why he interrupted now was that he already knew that the reason why the father and son came to see him was the same as he had guessed, and there was no point in listening any further.

He said with a smile: "Ruishan, you don't think the temporary residence arranged by the street office is too far, do you? Explain it first, I don't have the ability to ask them to change your place.

I know someone in the subdistrict office, and you must know him too, and we have arranged a temporary residence. If you want to change now, you probably have to find Director Liu. I am not familiar with Director Liu, so you really have chosen the wrong place."

In fact, he could understand why the Qian father and son wanted to stay with him.

It’s because there are so many people in my family.

Although his family was not one of the families with nineteen people, it still had thirteen people.

The temporary accommodation arranged by the subdistrict office is at most one or a half rooms. It is really uncomfortable for a family of more than a dozen to live in it for at least a year.

But you can't pass your pain on to others.

Moreover, given the current condition of Courtyard No. 31, it is impossible to expect the Street Office to pay for its demolition and reconstruction. It must be just repairs.

What should we do if after the repair is completed these people are not satisfied and make excuses not to move, or if they think the temporary accommodation is more comfortable than over there and don't want to go back?

The Qian family father and son wanted to borrow Li Yancheng's house because this house could definitely accommodate all thirteen of them. If they really lent it to them for the sake of face, and they didn't return it in the future, Li Yancheng would have no place to cry.

He wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

What's more, you are the classmate of Li Yancheng, not me, Li Yancheng. It's none of my business whether your home is good or bad.

So, he quickly took over the conversation and directly asked him, "Do you want me to help you talk to the street office about changing your house?" Sorry, I'm not familiar with him and can't speak to him.

Now let’s see how you can continue.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the thickness of other people's skin.

"Uh... Dacheng, I... I didn't come to you to talk about that. I wanted to say that the temporary housing arranged for us by the street office is a bit too small. You know that I have a big family. I just wanted to know if you could... could you lend us your house for a year, and you can live in this temporary house. Don't worry, as long as our house is repaired, we will move out immediately." Li Yancheng sighed silently in his heart.

He looked at Qian Ruishan, then at Qian's father who looked expectant, and smiled faintly: "I thought you wanted me to help you talk to the Street Office, hehe..."

"Jingle Bell……"

Just then, there was a sudden sound of an electric bell outside. It was the bell for the end of get off work at noon, and also the bell telling everyone that it was time for dinner.

"Dacheng, it's time to eat."

Before the bell rang, a young man holding a lunch box walked in.

This man is called Qi Minchao, a classmate of Li Yancheng in technical secondary school, and now a surgeon.

"Wow, you're not done here yet."

As soon as he came in, he saw a stranger sitting in the room, and Qi Minchao thought it was a patient.

"It's okay. I'm done here. You go first. I'll be right back."

"Okay, I'll go over first. Hurry up. There's rice for lunch today, and I heard there's meat too."

"it is good"

While responding to his old classmate, Li Yancheng had already bent down, opened the small cabinet under the table, and took out two lunch boxes from it.

"Ningning, can you eat at my place at noon?"

"Ah? But Brother Dacheng, I haven't told my sister-in-law yet." Ever since Jin Zhihai was transferred to the special task force of the Municipal Bureau, Xiao Ningning went to the department store where her sister-in-law worked to have lunch at noon.

"Do you know the telephone number of the reception room in their unit?"

"Remember it."

"Come on, I'll take you to call her and tell her." Li Yancheng picked up the lunch box and stood up.

"Oh"

Little Ningning stared blankly at the Qian family father and son who were sitting on the long chair and looked a little dazed, and quickly slipped off the chair to the ground.

"Uncle Qian, Ruishan, I won't keep you here. Our canteen employees can only bring one outsider with them to eat. Remember to help me close the door when you come out."

The Qian family father and son woke up at this moment and stood up. Seeing that Li Yancheng had already walked out of the clinic, Qian Ruishan hurriedly called out, "Dacheng, I just..."

"Okay."

Qian's father pulled his son's arm and said, "Isn't his attitude obvious? Why are you still yelling?"

"But dad..."

"Don't say but. If you don't give a direct answer, it means you are rejecting me. Can't you see that? Let's go home."

Mr. Qian walked out of the clinic with a gloomy face, and Qian Ruishan followed him out.

After going out, both father and son glanced at the back of Li Yancheng who was leading Ningning to the duty room, and there was a gloom in their eyes.

……

"Here, this is our canteen meal ticket. If the person serving the meal asks, just tell them it's my meal. Go get your meal first, and I'll make a phone call."

After Ningning finished calling her sister-in-law, Li Yancheng took out a stack of meal tickets printed by the hospital from his pocket and handed them over along with the lunch box.

Ningning didn't ask him who he was going to call. She obediently took the lunch box and meal ticket and trotted to the cafeteria in the backyard.

(End of this chapter)