1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 52 New Home
The family quarters of the agency.

Row 1, No. 5.

It is also a "彐"-shaped row of houses, but because the actual usable area is more than twice that of the newly built staff family area, there are only 5 houses in a row.

In other words, Yang Mo’s new home is also the innermost and largest house.

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Yang Mo, dragging two large travel bags, stood quietly in the yard, looking at a few guys who were borrowed from some department. They seemed to have taken medicine and gathered all their strength to move furniture out of the house. He turned his head and glanced at Miss Mu next to him.

From the first moment he entered the courtyard, he roughly understood why the young lady had taken the initiative to ask to exchange accommodation with him.

One of the reasons is to establish a personal image and win over others.

But another reason may be due to concerns for one’s own safety.

kindness……

how to say.

I don't know what the original designer was thinking, but in every house in the government housing area, a poplar tree was transplanted in the center of the yard; perhaps it was for landscaping, or perhaps it was to provide residents with a place to cool off - in fact, more than ten years later, the poplar tree in the yard has grown to a very large size. Considering the climate in Qilu, it is indeed a very good shelter in the summer.

But this also brings a problem - the neighbors next door can easily climb up the tree and have a clear view of the yard.

If only that was it.

As luck would have it, based on the principle of making full use of space, the families of the government agencies all renovated their own courtyards. Based on the original brick and tile houses, they extended outwards to structures such as kitchens; and used the poplar tree as a support point to build structures such as simple outdoor living rooms - this is what the previous owner of the courtyard in front of us did.

This leads to...

As long as you have the ability to climb onto the roof of the row house, you can jump into any yard, and then climb down along the poplar tree in the yard - this is not the later times. Due to the simple value that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, the relationship between neighbors is generally acceptable. This also leads to the fact that the kids nowadays have no sense of boundaries at all, and it is common to see them climbing along the roof to other people's yards.

It just so happened that the poplar tree in this yard was particularly hospitable, and it stretched a thick branch directly onto the ridge of the tiles - now, people didn't even have to risk getting blisters from the fine hairs in the asbestos tiles, and could simply climb down from the tree along this branch.

Needless to say, this is undoubtedly very bad news for Miss Mu - if little brats can crawl into the yard, those hot-blooded young men can also crawl into the yard.

I'm afraid this beauty herself is very clear about how beautiful she is. Although most men are often shocked when they see her and have no bad intentions, and this is the family quarters of the government agency, there are special security personnel patrolling from time to time... However, there are always unexpected things. What if someone gets drunk and becomes brave enough?

Although the newly built family quarters is more than half the size of here and the living facilities are incomparable, there are no trees to climb there anyway, and there is no need to worry about a drunk suddenly falling from the sky one day, right?
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Mu Liya, who was reminding the workers of precautions from time to time, was also observing the man out of the corner of her eye.

When I saw that Yang Mo simply looked around the yard, then stood there leisurely smoking a cigarette and admiring those young people who were fascinated by him and lost their way, for some reason, a very faint but indescribable feeling of frustration grew from my heart.

"Yang Mo, is this all your belongings?" Mu Liya glanced at the two not-so-bulky travel bags at Yang Mo's feet and made small talk.

Yang Mo turned his head and looked at her in surprise, then pointed to his feet: "Isn't this it?"

That look, just short of saying: Are you blind? For some reason, Mu Liya always felt that her teeth would itch when chatting with this guy: "No, I mean... Where is your bed? Where are the sheets and quilts? Where are the sofas and chairs? Where are the pots and pans?... Even if you used to live in a train room, you must have these things, right?"

Yang Mo suddenly realized and said, "I left all those things you mentioned with Bao Shuxian. Su Yu said he could find a car for me, and they will bring them over to me later."

Mu Liya looked at him in surprise: "Oh? I didn't realize that you and them have such a good relationship."

Hearing this seemingly surprising remark, Yang Mo was speechless, but he also knew why the young lady spoke in such a tone.

To put it simply, ever since he was dragged by Director Zhang to visit various departments all day long some time ago, his colleagues in the department have looked at him with something slightly wrong, mostly with jealousy and resentment, and occasionally a few sour words would pop out. After Miss Mu exchanged the small courtyard of the agency's family quarters for Yang Mo in the name of reward, the situation became even more serious.

This is normal. Unless you are so superior to others in terms of job rank, or your ability is so strong that it makes others despair, most people are generally unwilling to accept that their peers are far superior to themselves.

Given Miss Mu's looks and position, she must have long been accustomed to the jealousy and rejection of her peers or people of the same gender. Therefore, for her, a favor that is not utilitarian is a very rare thing.

Glancing at the beauty with some pity, Yang Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Although the relationship between colleagues is actually a social relationship with a strong sense of interests, you have to admit that there are always exceptions in this world... Especially when there are no old hands in the department and it is full of young people."

Muliya thought about it and nodded reluctantly in agreement.

The working atmosphere in state-owned enterprises has always been relatively silent and depressing. A big part of the reason is the complicated personnel structures inside. Based on the simple principle of "the more you talk, the more mistakes you make, and the less you talk, the fewer mistakes you make", senior employees with more experience and the right to speak often behave in a dull and weird manner. In order to fit into this small environment, newcomers naturally follow suit, and thus gradually an extremely unpleasant office culture is formed.

However, the general office is basically full of rookies, and all of them have no connection with the drilling company. Director Zhang not only rarely comes to the office, but even if he comes, he often just locks the door and does nothing in his room. Therefore, even though these rookies are inevitably affected by the overall atmosphere of the company, they are relatively more lively and simple - of course, this is only the current situation, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

Smiling lightly, Mu Liya tilted her head and looked at Yang Mo: "You said Bao Shuxian just has a good relationship with you, I believe this, after all, he stays in the office every day to write materials, his mind is relatively simple; but Su Yu..."

Before she finished speaking, Yang Mo interrupted her: "Miss Mu, are you tired of living? Is it interesting to see everything thoroughly? If you really want to argue, there is no one in this world who has pure thoughts about you except your parents... No, even some parents may not have such pure thoughts about their children, let alone a colleague?"

"Besides, everyone has their own way of living. Su Yu's family background is there, and this is the education he received since he was a child... As long as he doesn't have any bad intentions towards me, why do you care about his reasons?... Even if we take a step back, friends are divided into different levels, okay!"

Mu Liya looked at Yang Mo with interest. She had thought about some things thoroughly enough, but she didn't expect that this guy was even more thorough than her.

It’s so thorough that it’s almost negative.

This guy, are you sure he is the same age as me?

After thinking about it, as if to compensate, Mu Liya stopped the workers and asked them to carry the sofas they had just brought out back: "This set of sofas has four pieces, basically brand new. The room in the newly built family quarters is a bit small and can't hold so many. I'll move half of the sofa over there, and the remaining half will stay here... You lived in the train room before, so you definitely didn't have room for a sofa. You've been following Director Zhang around all day recently, so you probably didn't have time to buy furniture. Leaving this half of the sofa to you will save a lot of effort."

Looking at the half-set of handmade leather sofa, although he didn't really like the pearl white color, he would be a fool not to take advantage of the bargain, so Yang Mo agreed on the spot: "Thank you, Director Mu. But... you don't have any additional conditions, right?"

Seeing the suspicious expression on his face, Mu Liya couldn't help laughing. "Don't worry, there are no conditions attached. I just want to build friendship with you... At most, I will have to call you Director Yang in the spring. By then, you will have great power, and I will have to ask you to take good care of me."

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Hearing Mu Liya making fun of him, Yang Mo was shocked: "Hey, hey, hey, Manager Mu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want... I'm just an ordinary employee who has just joined the company. What if someone hears about Manager Yang or not?"

(End of this chapter)