Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

You asked why I changed into clean clothes again.

There's only one set of factory uniforms, and you can't change them every day. You can enter and leave the factory area just by wearing a badge.

Therefore, Sha Zhu had prepared about ten sets of clothes of the same style, size, and color for his plainclothes uniform.

Their clothes, from the top and pants to the shoes and socks, were exactly the same.

Anyone who doesn't know better would eventually think that Sha Zhu only wears this one outfit.

I just wonder why he keeps wearing the same clothes all the time and keeps them so clean every day.

Sha Zhu wanted to be lazy and didn't want the rain to attract too much attention at school.

I bought her the exact same clothes and shoes.

Since I don't need to wash my clothes with rainwater, I can wash them in my room and hang them outside to dry before wearing.

So Rain doesn't even know how many clothes she has. We'll let her wash them herself when she's older.

Around 4 p.m., Sha Zhu approached Squad Leader Zhao and said he didn't want to work overtime.

Squad Leader Zhao said earnestly, "Zhu Zi, there aren't many opportunities to work overtime, so it's a rare chance to get one."

I'm giving you this extra opportunity; not everyone can work overtime whenever they want.

Everyone wants to work overtime; it means an extra dinner and extra pay. Why don't you want to work overtime?

Sha Zhu thought to himself, "Let whoever wants to work overtime do it. I don't need you to help me."

He said, "Squad Leader Zhao, as you've heard, my dad went to another city."

They left me with a mess to clean up myself, and before they left, they even moved out of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

The house is uninhabitable now, so I need to find construction workers to fix it tomorrow.

We couldn't move in within two months, so my siblings and I are currently staying at my master's house.

It's a bit far from the steel rolling mill. Even if you live on Qianmen Street, it takes almost half an hour to get there by bicycle.

"It's too late to get home after working overtime tonight, and the roads are difficult to navigate in the dark. So, what do you think?"

"Fine, if you don't want to work overtime, then forget it. I'll arrange for Master Yang. So, are you coming tomorrow or not?" Foreman Zhao said helplessly.

“Tomorrow is the weekend, and I still have to deal with my house, so please don’t schedule me to work overtime tomorrow. I’ll come to work as usual on Monday,” Sha Zhu said.

"Okay, nothing else. You can pack up and go home." After saying that, Squad Leader Zhao waved his hand, indicating that Sha Zhu could leave.

When Sha Zhu left the factory, very few people were leaving after get off work. Apart from the sounds of machinery in the workshop, the factory was unusually quiet.

It's as if nothing happened.

When I left the kitchen, I didn't see the temporary worker surnamed Liang. I don't know if he had been arrested.

Sha Zhu rode his bicycle to the vicinity of Qianmen Street and went to the vegetable market to buy more vegetables.

To avoid being scrambling tomorrow, we have guests coming over tomorrow morning, and the chef's partner is also coming.

It's not like we're completely unprepared; we can buy some easily spoiled meat tomorrow morning.

When they returned to their master's house, Liu Guangtian had already left. Their master was practicing martial arts alone in the courtyard, and there was no sign of Yushui.

Sha Zhu parked his bicycle at the gate in the yard, and Master Li also stopped moving around.

Upon seeing this, Sha Zhu immediately went over. "Master, when did the little guy I brought over this morning leave?"

Mr. Li went to the clothes-drying area, grabbed his own towel, and wiped his face.

He said, "Oh, you mean Liu Guangtian? He left over an hour ago. I told him to stay a little longer."

You're back. You offered to take him home, but he refused, saying he'd just go home along the main road.

I saw it was still early, and there were children running around everywhere on the main road, so I didn't stop him. He even said he would come by himself tomorrow morning and didn't need me to pick him up or drop him off.

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu inquired about Liu Guangtian's studies.

"It was alright. Today, Yushui, Lele, and Liu Guangtian only taught us the most basic things."

By having them practice standing meditation, Liu Guangtian learned some techniques for resisting blows; he's only just begun learning them.

Things will get better gradually. Around four o'clock this afternoon, Yushui and Lele went to play at your Master Wang's house, and Liu Guangtian also left.

"Okay, Master, I'll go to Master Wang's house and collect the rainwater. I'll cook when I get back."

After finishing his conversation with Master Li, Sha Zhu went to Master Wang's house, which was not far away.

When we arrived at Master Wang's house, his wife was washing vegetables by the pond in the yard, preparing to cook dinner.

Seeing Sha Zhu approach, he quickly stood up to greet him. "Zhu Zi, you're back from get off work?"

"Yes, that's right, Master's wife, you don't need to worry about me, I'll collect the rainwater and take it back," Shazhu said.

"You just got here, what's the rush? Sit down and rest for a while, I'll go get you a cup of tea." As she spoke, the mistress walked into the house.

Sha Zhu happened to have some questions for his master's wife, so he sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard.

After waiting for a while, he saw his master's wife come out of the house with a thermos, a water cup and tea leaves. Sha Zhu quickly got up to take them.

"Master's wife, give it to me, I can do it myself," Sha Zhu took the thermos and cup, put them on the stone table, poured himself some water, and asked about Master Wang's situation.

"Master's wife, is my master going to work tomorrow?"

"Of course we'll go! Your master said we're short-staffed in the kitchen right now."

"Before, I could find someone to cover my shift on weekends, but that's not possible anymore, and I don't even get a break."

The teacher's wife ran to the nearby pool and continued washing vegetables while chatting with Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu saw that his teacher's wife wasn't washing many vegetables, so he didn't go over to help.

"Then, mistress, my master is back. Just tell him I came by, and let my master..."

Write down the construction team's address on a piece of paper. I'll come pick it up tomorrow morning or after lunch. I'll go ask them myself then.

"Oh, you mean the house construction? Okay, your master originally said he'd go with you."

He doesn't have time right now. Why don't you go with your teacher's wife to ask around tomorrow? It's easy to get scammed without an adult with you," your teacher's wife said with concern.

After hearing his master's wife's words, Sha Zhu thought to himself, "It would be terrible if you went with me."

Even if the master didn't go to work and went with him, Sha Zhu would still find a way to get rid of the master. How could he let the master's wife go with him?

"No need, Master's wife. Just get the address for me and give it to me tomorrow. I'll just go and ask tomorrow since I'm on my way. I have other things to do."

Sha Zhu quickly changed the subject, not wanting to argue with his master's wife about this matter.

"Master's wife, where are Yushui and Lele?"

Seeing that Sha Zhu didn't want to go with her, the master's wife didn't press the matter. Hearing Sha Zhu mention Lele and Yushui, she said...

"The two little girls came back saying their legs hurt from practicing kung fu at Master Li's house."

He hid inside and didn't come out; he's probably reading comic books inside.

Don't go looking for them. I'm just about to cook for them.

"Rainy Day, you can sleep here with Lele tonight. If you don't have anything else to do, you can go back by yourself."

“Alright, Master’s wife, I’ll go in and check on them,” Sha Zhu said, and walked into the house.

I went into the inner room and saw two little girls lying on the bed together reading comic books.

He greeted them, but didn't want to pay any attention to Sha Zhu.

Rainwater didn't want to go back either, so Shazhu came out, said goodbye to his master's wife, and left Master Wang's house.