Chapter 47

"If it's not Sun Qing? Then who is it?" Chen Xi was stunned by his sister's words and asked subconsciously.

"I can't remember, I think her last name was Chen or Cen. It's definitely not Sun Qing. That woman looked several years older than Sun Qing!"

"Really?" Chen Xi couldn't help but turn his head and look out the window: "Sun Qing is pretty, and at first glance, she looks like a girl with good upbringing. That guy... that guy looks like he must be several years older than Sun Qing, right?!"

Chen Cong also followed his sister's gaze and looked out the window.

It is now public knowledge that there is electricity at home, and the Shen family has not been too secretive about it. They usually turn on the lights at home at night.

Because it was almost nine o'clock and the whole neighborhood was pitch dark. Since I had agreed to let Sun Qing charge the phone, I naturally couldn't be too stingy.

So when Gu Kai pulled out the extension cord just now, he also took out a small LED bulb and screwed it into the lamp holder in the backyard.

Even though the LED bulb is only 3W, it can give people a sense of security in the dark night.

At this time, Sun Qing and Xu Bin were each sitting on a small bench, very close to each other, with Sun Qing almost leaning her entire body in Xu Bin's arms.

Even from such a distance, I could feel her trust in that man.

She was holding a book in her hand and reading it seriously under the light.

Xu Bin looked at her quietly, his eyes gentle, his hand occasionally touching her little hair, his expression full of doting.

Even though Xu Bin does look a few years older than Sun Qing, one has a gentle temperament and the other is youthful, and there is affection between the two, so the picture looks harmonious no matter how you look at it.

So much so that when looking at the two people outside the window, Chen Cong himself was a little doubtful for a moment, wondering if he had remembered it wrongly?

But——no.

Because he had a feud with Xu Bin in the past, and the two even risked their lives for each other, no matter who the people in the community got mixed up, Chen Cong would never make a mistake.

Even though the Xu Bin he had seen before looked a little older than he does now, his overall appearance had not changed.

Besides, at that time, no matter who starved to death, his family would not be short of food. The vampires who survived by drinking the blood of people in the community lived a comfortable life!

Thinking of the things this man did in his previous life, Chen Cong couldn't help but look away in disgust, not wanting to even look at him again.

"Are you sure it's him? He found someone else? Then, where's Sun Qing? She's gone?" Chen Xi had a lot of questions in his mind.

The world today is so poor. It lacks everything, even gossip.

Suddenly realizing that the person next to him actually had a story, Chen Xi couldn't help but become curious.

"I don't know about Sun Qing's situation. It was three years after the earthquake when I returned home. There was a gap of almost two years, and many people and things had changed.

I didn't even know she existed, and the houses in the villa area didn't collapse at that time." Chen Cong said softly.

Because Tongtong and Shanshan were still awake, they were taken by Mr. Gu to do health exercises in the inner room with their grandparents.

The two sisters didn't dare to speak loudly, their voices could almost be considered as whispering to each other.

Gu Kai sat on the other side of the sofa, holding the ancient book and reading it under the lamp. He glanced at them from time to time, and it was unknown how much of what Chen Cong said he heard.

"Many things were different in my previous life. At that time, there were no people from the upper floors living in our courtyard. Instead, many people from Yingshui Village moved in."

Even at this moment, he could not hide the anger in his eyes when talking about these things.

By then the drought had set in.

Large areas of land dried up and it was impossible to sow seeds because there was no water.

Even if the seeds are barely sown into the soil, no matter how carefully they are cared for later, in the end there will often be no harvest.

There were no mountains between Yingshui Village and the community at that time, and the commute was just the same as before, taking no more than half an hour by bike.

And there were many more villagers in Yingshui Village than there are now.

Because there was also a food shortage in the city, the government at that time recommended that everyone return to the countryside to settle down.

At the beginning, the government made great efforts to encourage people to grow crops and support themselves.

So even though nothing grew in the land, the number of villagers was much greater than it is today.

So many villagers also need to eat, so if we want to eat we have to find a way.

The only solution people could think of at the time was to do indoor cultivation, as Shen Cong is advocating now.

It means using pots, boxes... various containers filled with soil to grow vegetables and crops.

The disadvantage of this is that it cannot be cultivated on a large scale and the harvest is very small; but there are also many advantages, such as easy management and most importantly, it saves water.

People are not afraid of a small harvest, so they plant high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, which are not picky about the soil and have low requirements for the environment.

Sweet potatoes in particular are very drought-resistant.

But no matter what you plant, in order to reduce sunlight and save water, if there is a lack of materials for building greenhouses, you need to find more usable houses.

So the villagers turned their attention to the villas in the community.

At that time, there were actually only a few original residents left in the villa area, and no one resisted when the villagers wanted to occupy those vacant houses.

There is no ability to resist.

But human greed cannot be indulged. The more you give in, the more aggressive they will become.

Not only did they occupy the vacant villas, they even proposed to gather together the dozen or so households that still had people living there, saying that they would be accommodated in two villas and that all the other houses would be handed over.

There is only one reason - to maximize space utilization.

Fuck maximization!

Which of these houses was not bought by the owner with real money?

Not only do they occupy those vacant houses, they also want other people's homes?!

There are quite a few houses in Yingshui Village. Why not gather the villagers together and free up the houses for growing vegetables?

There are so many empty houses in high-rise buildings. In order to save the number of stairs, they leave the empty houses in high-rise buildings unused and use the houses in the villa area to maximize the space utilization? !

The reason why Chen Cong hated Xu Bin was because he acted as a lackey for Yingshui Village when the conflict between the community and Yingshui Village intensified.

He obviously also lived in the villa area, but for the sake of a little verbal personal gain promised there, he went door to door in the community working as the old owners.

It is said to be work, but in fact it is almost the same as counter-espionage.

Especially for those owners who are old, or have small family members or disabled people, they really use deception and intimidation to completely destroy the morale that the owners in the community, who have worked hard to build up to fight the village to the end.

In the end, he persuaded several families to live together, and the houses were occupied by people from Yingshui Village.

At that time, the owners of the community actually had no food to eat, and everyone basically lived by renting land in the village.

Later, nothing could be grown in the fields, so people from the village came to the community to grow vegetables. Everyone then tried to grow food in their own homes.

If this house is occupied again, there will be no other way to make a living except to get some leaked things from the people of Yingshui Village.

At that time, Shen Cong was the only young person in the Shen family.

Both Shen's father and mother were tortured by hunger and hardship. At this time, Mr. Gu was just hanging on by his will, and his health had long been failing.

When Xu Bin came to the Shen family's house to persuade them to move in with the other two families, Shen Cong took out a kitchen knife and chopped at Xu Bin without saying a word!

At that time, she was determined to fight to the death and really wanted to die together with her.

Without leaving any strength in his hand, he swung the kitchen knife straight onto Xu Bin's shoulder, almost chopping off his entire right arm!

The person who came with him at that time was his girlfriend. That woman was also very aggressive and started fighting with Shen Cong.

Chen Cong bit off a piece of flesh from his arm.

This incident caused a huge stir not only in the community but also attracted people from Yingshui Village who came to see it.

It took a lot of effort to separate Chen Cong and the woman.

As the saying goes, "The arrogant are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of the desperate."

After Shen Cong's desperate attempt, not only did Xu Bin never dare to visit the Shen family again, but the people in Yingshui Village also became a little afraid of their family.

Fortunately, she made such a fuss, so that after her parents and father-in-law passed away, she was able to live in such a big villa as a woman without being kicked out.

"At that time, I just hated him. I hated this person for being so evil. He and his girlfriend lived in the largest and best villa in the community, but he tried every means to drive others out of the house. Sister, tell me, how rotten must a person's heart be to be so evil?"

Chen Cong lowered his head and told his sister what had happened before in the calmest tone.

When she looked up to ask, she found that her husband and sister had sat next to her without her noticing.

The two people looked at her with eyes full of regret.

"xx!" Chen Xi suddenly cursed and stood up abruptly: "I'm going to kill him!"

Chen Cong was so frightened that he quickly grabbed her.

"Sister, calm down! Those things will never happen in this life." She said helplessly.

“I can’t calm down!” Chen Xi was so angry that he was shaking all over, his eyes were red: “He bullied our family to this extent, I absolutely cannot let him off!”

"Don't pull me!" she said, and began to struggle hard again, insisting that her sister let her go.

Shen Chong was sweating profusely.

She said this to her sister because, firstly, she was a little shocked to see Xu Bin suddenly, and also because she was expressing her feelings.

Another reason was that she wanted her family to be wary of him and not be fooled by his gentle appearance.

But she didn't think about having a conflict with him right now. After all, those things didn't happen at all!

Just as Shen Cong and Shen Xi were struggling desperately, one struggling to break free and the other refusing to let go, Gu Kai, with a sullen face, stood up.

"I'll go!" he said coldly, and strode out.

Chen Cong suddenly felt overwhelmed.

"You are all ancestors!" She cursed angrily, and without caring about her sister, she quickly followed him out.

Just as they were leaving, the timer in the hallway suddenly rang.

The two people sitting in the backyard raised their heads at the same time.

When she saw them, Sun Qing immediately unplugged all the chargers from the extension cord.

Then he smiled gratefully at the three of them and said, "Thank you, sister, and thank you, brother-in-law. I am really sorry to have caused you trouble today."

After she said that, she handed the phone and tablet to her boyfriend next to her, and actually bent down sincerely and bowed slightly to the three people.

Don't hit someone who smiles at you.

Sun Qing's actions left all three of them speechless.

In the end, it was Shen Cong who spoke first.

She said, "Okay, it's done, let's go. It's dark outside, be careful on the road."

Sun Qing smiled sweetly at Chen Cong and agreed.

It can be seen that the little girl was very happy to be able to fully charge her mobile phone.

She also felt a fondness for the Shen family who provided convenience for her.

The girl exudes kindness from head to toe.

Seeing Sun Qing like this, Chen Cong opened his mouth several times but didn't know what to say.

She wanted to give the girl some advice, but what should she say?

Nothing has happened now, and even in her previous life she actually doesn't know what happened between these two people.

All she knew was that she had never seen this girl named Sun Qing before, and she didn't even know that the villa belonged to her.

She only knew that in the end, this man named Xu Bin took over the magpie's nest and kept another woman there.

But at this moment, the two of them were so close, even in such a dilapidated environment, they could be said to depend on each other. How could she ask Sun Qing to leave this man at this time?

Can’t tell.

And even if you tell them, they won’t listen.

She pursed her lips tightly and swallowed back the words in her heart.

At this time, Gu Kai on the side spoke coldly.

He said, "Sun Qing, there is something I want to tell you."

Because she had never dealt with Gu Kai before, let alone spoken a word to him, Sun Qing was stunned when she was suddenly called out.

She immediately stood up straight and looked at Gu Kai: "Brother-in-law, you say."

Although I don't understand how she can call him "brother-in-law" so familiarly?

But Gu Kai did not correct it.

He said in a cold voice: "Sun Qing, you should know what the situation is now. Generally, no one is willing to receive outsiders at this time, let alone let outsiders stay at home for such a long time."

As soon as he said this, Sun Qing's expression changed immediately, the smile disappeared, and her expression showed a bit of indescribable embarrassment.

Xu Bin, who had been silent, suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Gu Kai, his eyes full of dissatisfaction and anger.

He took a step forward and was about to argue, but was held firmly by Sun Qing.

Sun Qing bit her lips tightly, nodded to the Shen family again, and said quickly: "I understand, I'm sorry, we'll leave now."

Gu Kai spoke again: "Listen to what I have to say."

He didn't even look at Xu Bin and completely ignored him.

Instead, he looked at Sun Qing and continued, "Your parents have a good relationship with the elders in my family, and you call us sister and brother-in-law, so we won't treat you as an outsider.

If you need help, just tell us and we will help you if we can. If you have any problems, you can come over anytime and no one will refuse to let you in.

But forget about others, we don’t welcome strangers in our home.”

Although he didn't even glance at Xu Bin, everyone knew who the "other" was talking about.

Sun Qing's tears suddenly fell.

She wiped it with her hand, then sniffed and said, "I know."

Then he pulled Xu Bin towards the door.

Looking at their backs, Chen Xi couldn't help but said to her, "Little girl, living with a stranger alone, be more careful!"

This one sentence almost made Xu Bin explode!

He was about to turn around again, but was held back tightly by Sun Qing.

The two of them left the Shen family pulling each other.

Everyone was in a bad mood that night.

No matter how hard we tried to liven up the atmosphere, it just couldn't.

After Chen Xi returned to the house, she couldn't hold back her tears.

She didn't want to be seen crying, so she ran to the bathroom and sobbed.

But the more this happens, the heavier one's heart becomes.

Gu Kai didn't cry, but he had been holding Chen Cong's hand tightly since he entered the room.

It was so painful that she was squeezed.

She shook him off a few times, but within a few minutes the man would come closer again and pull her hand in and hold it tightly.

After so many times, she stopped trying to earn money.

She knew her husband was afraid and angry.

She was afraid that something like that would happen again, and she was angry that he wasn't there for her when she was suffering.

After working all day, everyone is actually very tired.

But that night, almost everyone in the Shen family suffered from insomnia.

The next day, almost everyone got up late, so much so that the iron gate in the backyard had to be knocked several times before anyone at home could hear it.

Chen Cong was brushing his teeth when the door rang. He didn't even go downstairs. It was Cheng Ru who opened the door.

She heard her mother talking to someone at the door for a long time, and then vaguely heard her mother say, "Come in, it's okay."

This was said several times.

Chen Cong's heart moved, and he intuitively felt that the person standing outside the door should be Sun Qing who left last night.

Why is she here again? She ran out of battery on her phone overnight?

Chen Cong quickly rinsed his mouth and prepared to go downstairs to take a look.

Then I heard my mother calling from below: "Xixi, come down, Sun Qing is looking for you."

Chen Xi opened the window and shouted down the corridor: "Got it, right away!"

Chen Cong came to his sister's window and asked, "Why did she look for you?"

Chen Xi was also confused.

She yawned and said uncertainly, "The phone is out of battery again? Isn't this too fast?"

"I don't know." Shen Cong shook his head.

But after thinking about it, I feel that this is the highest possibility.

I couldn't help but sigh: "This girl is really rich!"

A pair of diamond earrings worth thousands of dollars was only exchanged for the charging capacity of two mobile phones and a tablet, but the girl used them up in one night.

What is she going to exchange today?

After what happened yesterday, she will definitely not bring Coke again.

How much jewelry does this family have to support such a design? !

Chen Xi, however, felt accustomed to it.

"Don't forget where she lives. How could someone who lives in such a big villa be short of money? Forget it. Let's go down and take a look and we'll know everything."

As she spoke, she closed the window and walked out.

The two sisters went downstairs together.

Sure enough, it was Sun Qing waiting at the door.

Maybe because of what Gu Kai said yesterday, she did not bring Xu Bin with her today and came here by herself.

The little girl still had her hair tied up in a bun and wore a T-shirt of a similar style as yesterday, but this time it was dark brown.

Seeing the two sisters, she called them sisters twice very obediently, then handed over a ruby ​​pendant in her hand and asked, "Sister Xixi, can you tell me how long this pendant can charge me?"

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