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Chapter 783 The Joy of a New Home
Although Li Suhua is in good health and enjoys eating well under the careful care and service of Suning and Zheng Juan, and has even shown a miraculous phenomenon of reverse aging, her mindset is still that of an old family lady. At this moment, she is happily taking her daughter-in-law to patrol every room, and the smile on her face never stops.

"Bingkun, this room has become much brighter after being painted white. It is no longer as dark as before." After looking around the new home happily, Li Suhua immediately realized the benefits of whitewashing the walls inside the house.

"That's right! That's why I spent so much effort painting the Big White." Suning couldn't help but smile proudly.

"Bingkun, how much did it cost to build our house?" After being happy, Li Suhua looked at Suning in front of him worriedly and asked.

"It's just over a thousand yuan." Suning just casually reported a figure that was not very accurate. Of course, the specific number could not be just this.

"Ah? So much?" Although Suning tried to say as little as possible about the amount of money, the stingy Li Suhua still felt distressed.

"Mom, Juan'er, if someone asks us where the money for building the house came from, you can say that you saved some money in the past two years, and the rest I borrowed from relatives, friends and colleagues." Knowing that people always compare with each other when getting along with each other, Suning warned them in advance.

"Okay! We know what to do." Li Suhua and Zheng Juan looked at each other with a nervous look in their hearts, and they both understood what Suning was worried about when he gave such an order.

"Mom, Juan'er, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen are coming to our house as guests tomorrow. I also plan to invite Director Lin and the head chef from our guesthouse, as well as Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao to join them, so we need to prepare a banquet in advance." Thinking that there would be distinguished guests coming to congratulate on the new home tomorrow, Su Ning notified his family in advance.

"Ah? Then you have to buy more vegetables quickly. I'll go to your Aunt Qiao's house to borrow some meat coupons and grain coupons." Sure enough, Li Suhua and Zheng Juan both felt nervous. Of course, they couldn't be rude in front of so many distinguished guests.

"No need! I have already made an order outside and it will be delivered to our home tomorrow morning." Suning quickly stopped the nervous Li Suhua with a smile.

"Ah? It's that capable friend of yours again?" Li Suhua couldn't help but look at Suning with a surprised expression and asked. The huge changes in their food recently were inseparable from this "friend".

"Yes! And you don't need any tickets."

"Bingkun, since your friend is so good to you, why don't you keep him here with you tomorrow?" As the most representative housewife of this era, Li Suhua certainly knew how helpful this "friend" was, and she couldn't help but feel grateful.

"No need! His identity is rather special. He is a logistics staff member of a state-owned unit. It is not appropriate for him to meet with Ma Shouchang and others." Suning decisively rejected Li Suhua's proposal and also thought of a very good excuse.

"Oh! Never mind."

The next morning, while Zheng Juan and Li Suhua were still asleep, Suning took out various fresh ingredients from the space world. Of course, they were all commonly used by ordinary families. There was no need to take out abalone, sea cucumber, shark's fin, and bird's nest. At least, it would not make the guests feel unrealistic.

Because I was going to treat everyone to a dinner today to celebrate my new home, I took a day off in advance with my colleagues at the guesthouse. There were all kinds of hard dishes such as pork elbows and braised pork. Suning cooked them early and simmered them on a low fire. Soon, Zheng Juan, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the aroma from the kitchen.

Zheng Juan came to the spacious and bright open kitchen in a sleepy state, and hugged her man tightly from behind Su Ning, "Bingkun, what delicious food are you making?"

"I will simmer the pork elbow and braised pork over low heat in advance, and then serve them directly on the table when the guests arrive at noon." Suning explained to his wife with a smile.

"Well, Bingkun, you've thought this through very carefully."

"Juan'er, now we have a house. You don't have to wear that 'family planning device' anymore." Feeling Zheng Juan's warm embrace at this moment, Su Ning turned his face to the side and whispered in Zheng Juan's ear.

"Ah? Your mind is full of that thing. I feel like you are really too bad." Sure enough, Zheng Juan's face immediately turned red with shame, and she let go of her man embarrassedly.

"Hehe, isn't this the way a normal man thinks?" Suning retorted disapprovingly. They have been a married couple for many years, so why would they care about such trivial matters between husband and wife?

"Humph!"

By ten o'clock in the morning, the guests had arrived one after another, each holding a small gift. Su Ning immediately introduced his family to Director Lin and the others, "Director Lin, Master Chu, this is my mother Li Suhua and my wife Zheng Juan."

"Hello."

"Director Lin, Master Chu, welcome to our home." Li Suhua and Zheng Juan looked at the two strangers politely, feeling that both of them were very elegant.

"Uncle Ma, Director Lin, these two are Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing. They are my good friends who have grown up with me. They are now workers at the Red Star Timber Processing Factory?" Only then did Sun Ning point at Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing and introduce them to Ma Shouchang and others.

"Good! Hello!" Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen greeted Sun Ganchao and the others happily. They really liked young people like Su Ning. Maybe this is the so-called love for the house and the dog.

"Hello, Mr. Ma! Hello, Secretary Qu! Hello, Director Lin! Hello, Master Chu." Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing immediately responded to the greetings one by one, feeling a little awkward.

"Uncle Ma, Director Lin, let me take you to visit my new house first?" After everyone got to know each other, Su Ning suggested with a smile.

"Okay!"

Then Suning personally took the guests to visit the house. Seeing the ample number of rooms and all kinds of living utensils, especially the old-fashioned flush toilet in the independent bathroom, all the guests were immediately stunned. Especially Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing, both had complicated expressions and felt annoyed, feeling very upset about their own short-sightedness and refusal.

"Bingkun, how did you get this flush toilet?" Ma Shouchang noticed the squat flush toilet in the bathroom in surprise. He knew that this thing was very difficult to get.

"Uncle Ma, this isn't some high-tech product. I can probably get it from a friend." Suning searched the space world for a long time before finally finding this antique in the bathroom. "That's right! I see you spent quite a bit of money on this!"

"Yes! It's really heartbreaking. We have borrowed everything we can from relatives and friends." At this time, Suning also made a painful expression.

"Bingkun, you have to work hard to pay off your debts in the next period of time." Ma Shouchang urged Suning with a smile, feeling that young people need a certain amount of pressure.

"Haha, it's a must! Luckily, four of our family of six are paid salaries, so paying off all the debts shouldn't be too stressful."

"Bingkun, your aunt Qu and I have been walking along today and found that most of the houses in your Photon Film are adobe houses. Why are you in such a hurry to build a new house?" Although he saw that the house built by Suning's family was very nice, he still looked at Suning with confusion and asked.

"Uncle Ma, Aunt Qu, Director Lin, Master Chu, although our old house is also made of bricks and tiles, my father borrowed high-interest loans when he built the house. But that was before the founding of the People's Republic of China, so this old house with only two rooms can't accommodate six people. In the past few years, Zheng Juan and I have not dared to have children because we are worried that there will not be enough room for too many people." At this time, Suning immediately expressed his helplessness and dilemma.

"Well, that's true. Houses are always the most important issue." It was only at this moment that Ma Shouchang showed an expression of deep agreement. It was indeed inappropriate for a large family to live in two houses.

"Uncle Ma, actually, I originally wanted to build a house together with the neighbors in Photon Slice. This would make it easier to repair the sewers and public roads, and I could also get enough building materials. Unfortunately, few of the neighbors in Photon Slice are facing the same housing pressure as ours, so many of them didn't agree. So we have no choice but to build it ourselves."

"Oh? This is a pity. If we build it together among ourselves, we can save some labor costs. It must be that the neighbors of Photon Film don't have any spare money." Ma Shouchang quickly understood Suning's real intention, and then said with a very regretful expression.

"Uncle Ma, this is what I thought at the beginning. In addition, I feel that as long as I make up my mind to borrow some money from relatives and friends now, the housing problem will naturally be solved, and I will never have to worry about this housing problem again in the future." Suning was not born and raised in this era, so his thinking is naturally very open and forward-looking.

"Bingkun, some things are not as easy as you say. After all, every family has its own problems."

"Uncle Ma, Director Lin, please sit down and have a cup of tea first. Let Ganchao and Guoqing keep you company. I have to go to the kitchen to get busy now." Suning first made some arrangements with Ma Shouchang and others, and prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare for today's banquet.

"Haha, go quickly! I'm about to burst out of my stomach."

"Okay! I'll be right there." Suning naturally settled Ma Shouchang and the others first, and then he went straight into the kitchen and started working.

Ma Shouchang and the other guests didn't have to wait too long. Soon, Suning had prepared a large table full of delicious lunch, including all kinds of main dishes such as braised pork, iron pot stew and braised pork elbow. In fact, except for Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen who had officially tasted Suning's cooking skills, the other guests had not tried it yet.

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Chu, you two are Bingkun's leaders. You probably haven't officially eaten the dishes made by Bingkun, right? Today, you two experts must have a good taste of them." At this time, Ma Shouchang looked at Director Lin and the head chef with a smile and said.

"Haha, Mr. Ma, when Zhou Bingkun went to the guesthouse for an interview, we also added a stir-fry test. Bingkun happened to make a dish of scallion-fried sea cucumber, and the taste was really amazing." Director Lin and the head chef looked at each other in surprise, then smiled and explained to Ma Shouchang.

"Haha, don't you see who introduced Bingkun? I wouldn't ask if he didn't have the real talent." Ma Shouchang showed a smug expression, feeling that Suning had made him proud.

"Then let us offer a toast to Mr. Ma and thank him for recommending such a talented person to us."

"Okay! Bingkun, come on, let's do it together."

Suning's cooking skills are very good. Everyone is eating and drinking happily, and the joyful atmosphere is slowly reaching its climax. Although there are differences in the identities of the people at the table, it still does not prevent them from drinking happily. The main reason is that Suning, the protagonist, is very good at mediating the atmosphere. He only needs to select some suitable wine table jokes from later generations and immediately make everyone present feel warm.

After the banquet, which was enjoyed by both the host and the guests, ended, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were naturally picked up by their drivers, while Director Lin and the head chef also left on their bicycles. Only then did Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao say goodbye to Su Ning and wander back home. Although they were both very upset and envious in their hearts, they didn't say anything to Su Ning. After all, they also knew that some things would be impossible to get back once they missed them.

Living in a spacious and bright new house, Suning was very excited at this time. He turned sideways to look at the woman sleeping next to him. Suning's interest became more and more high, and he couldn't help but kiss Zheng Juan on the face.

After all, she and Su Ning had been married for more than three years, and she was well aware of Su Ning's bad behavior. Zheng Juan immediately blushed and whispered, "Bingkun, it may not be possible these few days."

"Ah? Are your relatives coming to visit again?" Suning suddenly felt a little disappointed.

"No! I feel like I might be pregnant."

"Really? Then let me take your pulse." Su Ning immediately sat up straight in surprise and took Zheng Juan's pulse.

Zheng Juan and Li Suhua were both convinced of Su Ning's medical skills, so Zheng Juan quickly lay there quietly and let Su Ning feel her pulse. After waiting for about 10 to 20 minutes, Su Ning looked at Zheng Juan with an ecstatic expression and said, "Juan'er, you are really pregnant. It's been more than two months now."

"Well, I guess that's about the same. It seems like my relatives haven't been here for two or three months."

"That's great! Tell our mother the news tomorrow. She will definitely be very happy."

"Yeah! Although my mom never said it, I can still feel that she really wants to ask me when I will get pregnant."

"Hehe, that's easy! Give her a bunch of grandchildren every year and let her be annoyed by them every day."

"Ah? Zhou Bingkun, do you think I'm a rabbit? I'm giving birth to a litter for you. You're so imaginative."

(End of this chapter)