But they also know that the houses in the city are small.

There is also an independent bathroom and kitchen, which is better than a tube-shaped building anyway.

Fu Huaiyi took the clean bedding and sheets to the other side. Ye Lian took them and said with a smile, "Put them down. We can make the bed ourselves."

"Okay, I'll leave it here."

Ye Lian took a look and asked, "Do you have needle and thread?"

This sheet has to be sewn with a needle.

"Yes, it seems... Oh, right here."

Fu Huaiyi took out a sewing box from the bedside table and handed it to him.

Ye Lian asked Lin Dawei to come over and help, and the two of them sewed the quilt together.

Originally, Fu Huaiyi was going to invite them out for dinner, but Ye Lian and Lin Dawei were used to being frugal, and they thought it would be expensive for such a large family to eat out, so they insisted on cooking at home.

Anyway, there were pots, pans, and utensils available, and they also brought some marinated meat.

If you buy some green leafy vegetables, you can almost have a sumptuous dinner.

So, while they were sewing the quilt, Fu Huaiyi and Lin Yuyao went out to buy vegetables.

Lin Yuyao suddenly remembered the old man’s driver. He was called a driver, but his last name was Fu. And judging by the way he and the old man got along, it didn’t seem like a simple employment relationship.

"That driver, Fu Wen, who is he from your family?"

She had always been curious, but when she was at home, her grandfather and Fu Wen were both there, so she never found a chance to be alone.

At this time, they came out alone to buy groceries, so she asked.

"His family actually has nothing to do with my family, but the name Fu Wen was given by my grandfather."

"Why?"

"He is actually an orphan. Many years ago, there was a flood in his hometown. My grandfather led people to the disaster relief work. When he was found, he was only three years old, clinging to my grandfather's legs and refusing to let go.

He was too young at the time and was frightened. He had almost no memory before the age of three. He didn't remember his parents or his own name. He only remembered that people called him Xiaowen. In order to facilitate registration, my grandfather named him Fuwen.

Lin Yuyao sighed for a while. She didn't expect that Fu Wen had such a pitiful life experience.

"Did your family adopt him afterwards?"

"No, my grandfather took care of him for a while, but after the mission was over, he sent him to an orphanage according to the rules."

"Oh, this is different from the usual routine."

"What routine?"

"Oh, I mean, I thought Grandpa would adopt him."

Fu Huaiyi shook his head and said, "You can't adopt an orphan just because you want to. My grandfather doesn't meet the adoption criteria. Besides, he is only two or three years older than me. If I take a child like this back home, maybe people will think he is my grandfather's illegitimate child, right?"

Lin Yuyao: “…” You are truly a good grandson of your grandfather.

"Why did I come to your house again?"

"Although Grandpa didn't adopt him, he always paid attention to his movements in the orphanage and visited him whenever he had time. Later, when he grew up and went to school, he began to write letters to Grandpa from the orphanage. Grandpa also wrote back to him, and they kept exchanging letters. Later, when he was 18 years old and left the orphanage, he worked as a driver for Grandpa."

No wonder, as a driver, he serves his grandfather like his nanny.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I was just curious and asked casually."

"He is very loyal to my grandfather. Strictly speaking, he is only loyal to my grandfather, even..."

He stopped talking again.

Um?

Lin Yuyao was listening to Jing'er, and he got stuck.

"Even what?"

Fu Huaiyi didn't know how to start, so he pointed to his head.

Lin Yuyao: “…” Is there something wrong with your brain?

Fu Huaiyi usually didn't talk about these things. Seeing Lin Yuyao's curious look, he sighed and said, "Alas! You are not an outsider, so I'll tell you that he may have some problems."

"What do you mean?"

"He's not young anymore, he's 28 this year, and he'll be 30 soon and still single. Grandpa is very worried about his personal problems. Over the past few years, he's been introduced to several suitable people, but they didn't work out."

"What's the problem? Maybe he doesn't like it because grandpa introduced it to him."

"No, he becomes mute when he goes to a girl's house."

"Huh? Are you shy?"

"No, we later went to the orphanage to inquire about him. He didn't speak during those years in the orphanage, and everyone thought he was dumb. Later, my grandfather went to the orphanage to see him and he started to speak. Then everyone knew he was not dumb.

He can talk when he is with my grandpa, but he can't talk when he is away from my grandpa, you understand? My grandpa can't always follow him, what normal girl can accept a mute? And an abnormal mute. "

Lin Yuyao: "Could it be a psychological problem?"

"Of course."

"Have you been to the hospital?"

"I checked, but it was useless. Both my parents died, and I survived the flood by holding onto my grandfather's legs. The doctor said he regarded my grandfather as a lifesaver."

That's really pitiful.

He is young, and the old man is old. He will definitely not live longer than him.

If the old man passes away in the future, it will be a fatal blow to him.

The two bought the food and chatted all the way back.

Lin Yuyao didn't see him during the Chinese New Year. It turned out that during the Chinese New Year, the old man ordered him to go to the home of the girl who was introduced to him last year and try to integrate into their family.

The result was still a failure.

Now the old man’s attitude is to let it be.

If this problem cannot be cured, it will harm the girl.

…

Dinner was cooked upstairs. Lin Yuyao's house had more complete utensils and she also had a terrace. Since there were so many of them, they could move the table to the rooftop to eat.

After dinner, Fu Huaiyi went downstairs on his own accord. Ye Lian also sent Lin Dawei away, leaving only her and Lin Yuyao in the room.

"Yuyao, you have been living here for more than a year?"

"Yes, mother, what do you think of the environment here?"

"It's pretty good. There's a place to cook, a separate toilet, and a place to hang clothes after washing. I saw that people living in tube-shaped buildings share toilets with others."

Nowadays, most tube-shaped buildings have shared toilets, and only a very small number have private toilets.

"I heard that this building was originally allocated to the leaders of a certain unit. It does have a separate kitchen and bathroom, but it's too small to accommodate a large family. Later, when their conditions improved, they all moved out."

"Then Xiao Fu also bought someone else's house?"

"Yes."

Ye Lian saw that the sky in one direction was very bright, and when she walked to the other side of the terrace, the light became even brighter.

"Hey, what's that place with all those lights in front for?"

“That’s a department store.”

"It's so bright, it must be very big, right?"

"It's quite big. I'll take you to have a look some other day."

"Okay, I'll go shopping in the big department store. When I see the world, I'll tell them about it when I get back."