"Huh? What is it?" Mei Si blinked, not quite understanding what her mother meant.

"Who did you buy them from?" Mei's mother thought for a moment, feeling that each house was very expensive, and that her daughter couldn't possibly have bought so many. She shook her head, thinking she was overthinking it.

“An older sister.” Mei Si blinked, selectively mentioning a little.

"Isn't she quite young?" Grandma Mei asked curiously.

“Yes!” Mei Si nodded seriously, as if it were really true.

"That's right! She told me that the person who bought the house is very young!" Grandma Mei slapped her thigh and said.

“So young and so rich, he must not be working a regular job,” Aunt Mei said confidently.

"I estimate that those who started in business a few years ago, and persevered, should have made at least 100,000 to 200,000 yuan in the last two years," Mei Liang guessed.

"Liangliang, work hard! You'll definitely earn more in the future!" Grandma Mei patted Mei Liang on the shoulder and said.

"Don't worry, Grandma, I promise you, in another year, you'll be living in a big house!" Mei Liang said confidently.

“Why would I want to live in an apartment building? I’m not going. That old Mrs. Xu from the street ahead, her son took her to live in an apartment building a while ago, but she ran back after a few days. She said the apartment building wasn’t well-ventilated, and she couldn’t breathe in it,” Grandma Mei said, shaking her head repeatedly.

"You can't breathe, open the window! Why don't you open the window?" Aunt Mei asked, puzzled.

"Why didn't she open it? Talking about it really made her angry. Her daughter-in-law is such a jerk! As soon as she opened the window, her daughter-in-law immediately closed it, saying it was cold with the window open and she was afraid the children would get cold! Heaven knows how Mrs. Xu could let her grandchildren at school get cold if she opened the window at home," Grandma Mei said, pursing her lips.

"Then... let Aunt Xu talk to her son?"

Mei's mother felt a little uncomfortable. As a daughter-in-law herself, she felt that nothing was quite right about her when she got involved in the conversation.

"Her daughter-in-law didn't give Old Mrs. Xu a chance at all. She went to Old Mrs. Xu's son first and complained about her. I don't know what she said to Old Mrs. Xu's son, but that brat came to persuade Old Mrs. Xu that very night, saying not to open the window, afraid that Old Mrs. Xu would get cold. When Old Mrs. Xu heard this, how could she not know what was going on? The next day, she packed her things and came back to live here." Grandma Mei said this, feeling sad for Old Mrs. Xu. Old Mrs. Xu was also a widow, just like her. Her husband died early, and they raised their sons from infancy. Now that her son was successful, he was no longer as caring as before.

Grandma Mei: Now that you have a wife, you've forgotten your mother!

"So Aunt Xu ran back, but her son didn't come looking for her?" Mei's father couldn't help but interject.

“I did look for her. I was there that day too. It felt like her son just came to visit and had no intention of taking Mrs. Xu back.” Grandma Mei said, staring into Grandpa Mei’s eyes.

"Uh... Mom, why are you looking at me like that? I'm so filial to you! Your daughter-in-law is different from Aunt Xu's daughter-in-law." Feeling uncomfortable under Grandma Mei's gaze, Dad Mei couldn't help but shift his buttocks back a little.

"You know what, the old ladies around here are so envious of me. They say I have good taste in daughters-in-law!" Grandma Mei suddenly raised her chin and said with a smug look.

"Mom, they're wrong. I found this daughter-in-law myself. I should say I have good taste," said Mei's father, straightening his back proudly.

"Come on, if I hadn't given my approval, would you have dared to marry him?" Grandma Mei said, looking at her son with disdain for his smugness.

"Sister, time to eat." Mei Jian walked in carrying steaming hot food and called to Mei Si to eat.

"Why did you take so long? Did you not find the right place? I told you I should have gone." Grandma Mei felt that she should have gone by herself, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so long.

"No, I found it. I saw the food was a bit cold, so I reheated it."

Mei Liang suddenly realized that his grandmother refused to live with him in the apartment building because she was afraid she would feel uncomfortable.

“Grandma, you’ve been with Qian Tu for two years, how could you not know what she’s like? Once we’re in the apartment building, you can open the windows as you please! If Qian Tu dares to interfere with you, just tell me!” Mei Liang assured her.

“Then I won’t go! I’m used to living in a bungalow. I can’t live upstairs. Going up and down the stairs is so inconvenient. I can’t climb them,” Grandma Mei said, shaking her head.

Grandma Mei understood perfectly well. Living together now was fine, but if they moved to an apartment building, the space would be smaller, and they would inevitably run into that young couple...

Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too often, even Mei Liang would probably feel uncomfortable.

While eating, Mei Si listened to their conversation. When Mei Liang mentioned apartment buildings, she became interested, as apartment buildings were better than bungalows.

"Now that we have elevators, we can just buy a house with an elevator."

Mei Jian interjected.

"What's so good about apartment buildings compared to bungalows?" In Mei Si's opinion, there's no difference between the two.

"We don't need to burn stoves in apartment buildings! We have central heating in winter, so it's warm both morning and night!" Mei Jian was particularly resentful of being woken up to start a fire in the dead of winter.

"I still prefer bungalows. Bungalows have yards, and I can grow some vegetables in the summer." Grandma Mei still doesn't like apartment buildings. What's so good about them if they don't even have a yard?

A few days later, the rest of the national team members returned. The trip to H country had been quite thrilling, and everyone was given a two-week vacation to adjust their condition.

Mei Si stayed at home all day with nothing to do, so she went out to inquire about apartments in upstairs areas. She wanted to buy an apartment with a yard.

Living in a bungalow means you have to burn firewood all year round. Sometimes, if you add too much firewood, the kang (heated brick bed) gets so hot it burns your bottom. Buildings are different; the heating temperature in buildings stays constant, which is convenient!

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