Chapter 49: Declaration of Territorial Sovereignty
"Come this way, enter through this door, 18th floor, put it at the entrance first, I'll go up right away... Ah, be gentle, this is my daughter-in-law's dresser, don't knock over the flowers." Pang Datou opens the door and gets out to direct the movers to carry the furniture upstairs.
"Hello, Uncle!" Lin Junyun greeted Pang Datou.
Pang Da Hu turned around to see Lin Jun Yun, with a delighted smile on his face: "Jun Yun, you're all here, the sun is shining so brightly, why don't you go up there?" At this moment, he was extremely pleased with himself for making such a wise and powerful decision. Just look at how polite Lin Jun Yun was being - just this one point alone was enough to make that little brat learn a good lesson.
"Uncle, we just arrived too," Lin Junyun replied.
Kong Yue Mei came over: "I'm really sorry, I've caused you trouble. I'm an uneducated person and haven't read many books. If I do anything wrong in the future, please forgive me."
"Haha, isn't that being too polite to your own family? We're all one family now, what's the point of speaking formally?" Pang Datou said with a smile.
"Right, right, close family, one family now, haha!" Kong Yue Mei hooked her lips with a meaningful smile.
"Stinky brat, what are you standing there for? Help move things!" Pang Datou turned around and shouted at Pang Guang.
After a whole afternoon of fuss, everything was finally settled. The new house that Pang Datou had just bought was big enough, with plenty of rooms. After Kong Yue Mei, Lin Jun Yun, Pang Guang and himself each took a room, there was still an extra small room left to be used as a study. All the furniture in the rooms were brand new. In order to stabilize Kong Yue Mei's mother-daughter duo's hearts, Pang Datou gritted his teeth at the furniture store and spent lavishly. Fortunately, his wife wasn't by his side at the time of purchase; otherwise, seeing him being so extravagant would have made her even angrier.
"Hmm, not bad, it finally looks like home." Pang Dahu thought of finding a cup to get some water to drink, only to discover that there was no device for boiling water. The household items were complete, but the electrical appliances, except for the new computer he had just bought for Pang Guang, were all left behind in Pang Dahu's dormitory, making him feel a great headache.
"How come I haven't seen my sister-in-law?" Kong Yue Mei had been watching since she came up, and Luo Lijiang had met her a few times, but each time she didn't see how she spoke, like a deeply hidden woman. Before this, Kong Yue Mei had thought about it, after living together, how to get along with her.
"Never mind, I guess she's gone back to her mother's home!" Pang Datou scratched his hair and only then thought of calling Luo Lijiang's mother's home to ask.
"Dad, it's Da Hu, how's your body recently?" Pang Da Hu dialed the phone and started speaking loudly into the receiver, his father-in-law was a bit hard of hearing, so he spoke softly in case he couldn't hear.
"Alright, you're sounding energetic as usual, Big Tiger. How come you have time to call me today? I'm in the middle of a card game, is there something going on?"
The big tiger pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and indeed heard the faint sound of mahjong: "Nothing's wrong, just checking in with you since the weather has cooled down. Don't forget to add a layer of clothing when going out!"
"Good, you little kid has a heart!" Luo father said with a smile: "Nothing, I'll hang up first, talk another day, today's luck is very good!"
"Dad, wait." Pang Dahu hastily said, and faintly heard someone on the other end of the phone urging Luo's father to hurry up.
"Huh?"
"Uh... Liqing has gone back, right? Can you help me take care of her for a few days, tell her to relax and have fun, I'll go pick her up after I'm done with work."
"Liqing didn't come home, what have you done again?" Lu's father asked in surprise.
Pang Dahu slapped his forehead, and then continued to speak: "Oh, look at my ears, I made a mistake. She said she was going to play with her classmates, but I thought she said she was coming home. Dad, you're busy, I won't bother you." Pang Dahu hung up the phone in a hurry, afraid that Luo's father would worry. But he felt puzzled in his heart - if she didn't go back to her mother's house, where did she go? In his impression, she didn't have any close friends to play with, and usually only played with the neighbors on either side.
"Mother, I'm being presumptuous and asking, is Mother unhappy because we're moving over here?" Kong Yue Mei saw Pang Da Hu frequently frowning, so she carefully asked: "If it's not convenient, then let's just forget about it for now and not move temporarily?"
"Alright, don't add trouble." Pang Da Hu waved his hand: "I'll think about whether she has any other places she likes to go."
Kong Yue Mei stopped talking, the atmosphere became very awkward. Just then, came the sound of "ding dong, ding dong" from the doorbell.
"I'll go open the door." Kong Yue Mei wiped her hands on her clothes and pointed at the big gate.
Pang Da Hu nodded and lit a cigarette from his pocket.
"Ah, dear family, you've all arrived!"" Luo Lijiang hadn't even entered the house yet, but her voice had already carried in: "I went to the market and took a stroll around, bought some vegetables, don't know if you'll like them or not."
"Mother-in-law, you're too polite." Kong Yue Mei hastily said: "In the future, this kind of thing should be done by me instead."
"Wife, you..." Pang Datou saw it was Luo Lijiang, hastily extinguished the just lit cigarette and came forward.
"What's wrong with me?" Lori Qing handed the plastic bags of various sizes containing vegetables to Pang Dahu: "Take them to the kitchen."
When the big tiger entered the kitchen, Luo Lijiang finally said to Kong Yue: "My husband is just that kind of person, let's not make a joke out of it, don't mind, when you come to my house, it's like being in your own home, don't be polite." Luo Lijiang didn't say another word and hurriedly declared the integrity of her territorial sovereignty.
