“Little Wei, eat some more. I want you to eat more of my cooking.”
“That right. Don’t feel reserved. Since learning of your coming back, this old hag hasn’t relented on making dishes for you. You won’t believe the fit she threw when she knew you came yesterday but didn’t show up.”
“Shut up geezer. Why’d u go and tell him that? I can be happy that he came back to his home can’t I.”
“Thank you, aunty Xue. The food is so delicious. I really missed this.”
“Then eat more. I will bring more dishes for you.”
Passing light conversation, I have a good breakfast at uncle Jixi’s place. The one cooking is his wife, aunty Xue. They have been the ones I have been closest with since I first moved in. Back then, they took really good care of me. I am enjoying their hospitality after speeding the early wee hours in the morning, unpacking the luggage bags and somewhat prepping my room.
“Morning big brother. Grandpa told me you came back yesterday.
Wow! You look so different.
Will you play with me again?”
The one to walk in was uncle’s grandson, little Meng. Bright and over excited He rushed up to me who was eating and fired right away.
“Little Meng! You sure grown-up. High schooler now?
Big brother is still a bit busy. But after I settle down then we can make some plans, alright?”
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“Yeah! Year 2 at F High School.
Big bro, tell me if there is anything I can help with!”
Before leaving, I used to play with him quite a lot. He was quite attached to me. He replied with guts pose, showing a bit of his forearm and triceps muscle. He was adorable as a kid. That doesn’t seem to have changed at all.
After Meng came, I decide to quickly finish up and spent some more time with all of them as they filled me in on all the stuff I missed. We enjoyed a hearty time. Meng left just before 9 as he had school today, while I continued to accompany uncle and aunty a bit more. Looking at the time, I left just before 11 in the morning, to do some shopping. The clueless me was filled on many of important happening of S-city, the happy news in the neighborhood and several miscellaneous stuffs. I am told to have a house warming later, after settling down. For now, I have important priorities to get done.
First is shopping for the apartment. I live in 2 room LDK with a guest room and a study included. It is also fairly huge, on the 18th floor of the building with a good view and modest balcony. Thinking on the layout, I decided for now to leave aside buying things for the spare rooms, focusing only on the LDK and my bed room. I will work on the balcony after sometime. Sir first I head off to I-store to do the bulk of the shopping. Even when rushing back, I transferred my funds to a local account to use. It isn’t much, but it isn’t negligible either. I make a small budget in my mind for the shopping as I rode there on a cab.
I took almost 3 hours in the store before finishing all my orders. I arranged to have it all delivered tomorrow. Next I bought, plates, pans, pots, utensils and other misc. kitchen items to suit the new furniture. I also decided to get some wall paper to freshen the apartment from its dull state as well. I am going to busy again later to finish it up by tonight. After finishing I-store, I dropped by a MC for a quick snack before rushing to the utility office. It was almost 5 in the evening, before I finished all of the basics and returned home.
Returning home, I dropped my shopping bags on the counter and head off to change. I quickly returned to start on setting up the wallpaper and cleaning up all the kitchen items. I’ve got only tonight to finish my work before the furniture and utility men come over tomorrow. Other than having gas, electricity and water, I still need internet, phone and cable.
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The next morning, utility guys for the phone and internet had already come. I barely got enough time to have breakfast before they started. In the afternoon, uncle brought out my old TV from the storage. He kept it in storage after I had moved abroad until I would comeback. I joined him and aunty for lunch again, waiting until the furniture company came by late in the afternoon. While the assembly was taking place, the cable guys also showed up. It was hectic in my apartment with things moving left and right until 7. After everything was done, I had another cleaning session in the apartment. This time, Meng dropped by to give a helping hand after he finished school for the day. He mentioned that, since tomorrow is Saturday uncle planned to have a lunch party at my place. Uncle and aunty are helping to arrange the food and they even plan to invite few people over.
I guess I should expect a noisy day tomorrow.