The old lady patted the old man. The old man said, didn’t he agree not to urge this matter? His granddaughter can do whatever she wants in the future. Even if she never gets married, they can support her.

The old man is innocent. He is doing this for the good of his granddaughter, so that she can find a good home. Even if they are gone, there will be someone to help them continue to take care of their granddaughter.

The old lady rolled her eyes and said, "Dabby, I've asked someone to clean up the place for you. You can move in right away once you've arranged your things. There's still some space in the yard, so you can plant whatever you like."

Chen Ye took a look at the ground paved with bluestone bricks, which really puzzled her. However, she looked at the two trees in the yard. They were both fruit trees, so there was no need to move them. It would be even better to plant some vegetables in the small garden.

It's hard enough to buy fresh vegetables in the provincial capital, so wouldn't it be even harder here? It's better to be self-sufficient, but it's not possible this season, so we'll have to wait and see next year.

"Okay, next year."

"I discussed with your grandfather and didn't do much here. I just renovated the outside. You can decide on the changes yourself when the time comes." They admit that their aesthetic taste is not good, but their granddaughter is more skillful. After all, it is her own house, so she can do whatever she likes with it.

"Yes, if you need anything, just tell grandpa and he will get it for you." It is more convenient to get some materials when you are in your home place than in the provincial capital.

Chen Ye didn't really take a good look inside the house. Although the outside of the house looked old, she felt that this was exactly what a courtyard house should have.

When I entered the house, I felt that it was not much better than the big house I lived in before, and there were many places that needed renovation.

This is great, there are activities I like here again.

"Take your time, there's no rush. I'll go to the nearby village first to see if I can buy some more wood. I'll make a list for the rest for you, Grandpa."

"Okay, just tell me what you want. As long as it's not something confidential, Grandpa can get it for you."

"Okay," I'm the only one living here now, so it's convenient to renovate. However, there's no need to open many things now. I'll open them slowly after the renovation is completed.

In the following days, Chen Ye was extremely busy. He hadn't felt such a busy life for a long time. Chen Ye missed it quite a bit. Before school started, he took the time to place orders for a few dilapidated houses.

After a simple tidy up, they were all rented out. Although the rent was very low, it was better than leaving it empty. Cen Zixiang spared no effort to make his younger sister a landlady.

After all, my younger sister's ideals are quite great, and she can't achieve them without money.

The days passed by so busy and soon the first day of school arrived.

Originally, freshmen were not allowed to go to school as day students, but Chen Ye had a capable grandfather, so Cen Zixiang happily went to school with her on the pretext of protecting his sister.

The only drawback is that the place where I live is a bit far from the school. There is no other way. Although there are vacant houses for sale here, the environment is really not suitable for students to live in. Not only are they old and dilapidated, but they are also a bit messy.

After school, the two of them rode their bikes back home. Gao Fei started school earlier than them and was locked up in the military academy early on. He might not be able to come out once a month.

When he left, he looted a lot of pickles he brought back from his hometown. If you didn't know, you would think he lived on pickles.

"Sister, I see that a lot of autumn vegetables are on sale. Should we take some time to buy them?" Without pickles, the food doesn't taste as good every day.

Chen Ye looked at Cen Zixiang. He was greedy, so he had to come up with a good reason: "I want to buy it. I just cleaned out the cellar first."

Fortunately, this is also in the north, and many families still have cellars. There is also a cellar in the newly bought yard. Otherwise, she would have to dig a new one. It is not easy to dig a cellar in an existing yard, which increases the workload.

"Is the amount for the two of us not enough?" When their household registrations came over, the old man directly registered them in his own house, so there was no need to share the same household registration book with the old man.

"No, what do you want to say? Can we be straightforward and frank?"

"Hey, I haven't been up the mountain in a while and I'm so bored. We have a day off tomorrow, so why don't we go to the nearby mountains and buy some vegetables from the surrounding villages?"

“Not impossible.”

The main reason is that although the supply of meat and other things here is quite rich, it is still difficult to buy. She really doesn't have the habit of going out to queue up to buy supplies before dawn.

Every time I think about it, I realized that there was almost nothing in the past. I could occasionally buy some scraps, but they were definitely not big pieces of meat that were satisfying to eat.

"It's a deal then. We'll leave before dawn tomorrow."

Chen Ye...

Well, it was late in the past when the sun rose. It’s a big capital city, so it takes more time to get anywhere.

To bring things back, she definitely needs her old tricycle, which has been sturdy and strong for many years: "I need to lubricate my tricycle with some oil, otherwise I'm afraid it will fall apart after such a long journey."

That’s right, the tricycle that was still rusty after so many years was moved here this time.

"I think we can get a small engine and convert it into a gasoline-powered one. I can get gasoline." That would save effort, be faster, and not difficult to do. He could modify it himself.

"Ah! It's not impossible, but isn't it more environmentally friendly and convenient to use electricity?"

"Sister, don't think too highly of your fourth brother. He's just an ordinary programmer. It's too difficult for him to handle batteries."

I see, that's why I don't know how to do it, but she feels like it's not that difficult, right? However, it's really not possible in a short time, I need to study it slowly.

"It's too late to change it today. Won't you have to kick your legs to go tomorrow?"

"How about we go next week? This week we can get the materials to modify the car and then reinforce it." One more week won't make a difference, right?

Thinking of my tricycle, which makes noise everywhere except for the bell, I thought: "I might as well just go to a scrap yard and build a new one."

If you want to modify that thing, you almost have to buy a new one. It’s better to save trouble by buying a new one.

"That's fine," Cen Zixiang turned the handlebars and said, "Little sister, follow me. Let's go to the scrap yard and see if there's anything suitable."

Chen Ye glanced at the time. Since he had a day off tomorrow and school was over early today, he was not in a hurry to eat. He turned the handlebars and followed.

Chen Ye felt that Cen Zixiang was quite annoying sometimes. Her yard was not yet tidy, but he would find some work for her to do from time to time, always interrupting her renovation project.

"Okay, okay, little sister, let me try it first." Cen Zixiang put down the tools in his hands and couldn't wait to sit on the seat of the tricycle.