There is a saying that goes, "Don't hit a smiling person." Even if she disliked Xia Guokang, the grandmother couldn't give a cold face to Guan's mother's warm smile.
So she also greeted Guan's mother with a smile.
After a round of greetings, everyone sat down on the sofa.
The temperature inside the Xia family's home was very high. Guan Zheling and her mother took off their down jackets as soon as they sat down because they were so hot.
Guan Zheling raised his hand to wipe the fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead while looking around.
Seeing that there was no fire or sun around, she thought that the Xia family had turned on the central air-conditioning, so she smiled and said, "Your family has a heat pump air-conditioning, right? It is said that this kind of air-conditioning can be used at minus 35 degrees Celsius. No wonder your home is so warm..."
"But speaking of which, the current electricity bill is too expensive. My family doesn't even want to turn on the sun, but you can turn on the central air conditioner now... The monthly electricity bill is quite expensive, right?"
After hearing what she said, Xia Shige and Sun Yuegui looked at each other silently, and saw hesitation in each other's eyes.
A few days ago, Xia Shige bought a wall-mounted boiler on an online shopping platform. It was connected to the floor heating pipes and can provide self-heating by burning gas.
Taoyuan Space has an "offshore oil field" that produces a lot of natural gas every day, which is enough for the Xia family to use for heating, so the Xia family currently switches between floor heating and electric heating.
However, this matter obviously cannot be told to Guan Zheling and her daughter.
So Sun Yuegui laughed and said, "It's okay... We don't open it often, we just open it occasionally..."
When Guan Zheling heard them say this, she smiled from the bottom of her heart again.
She thought happily that when her family moved to 1606, they would be able to use air conditioning, which was much safer than burning coal! As for the electricity bill... I guess the Xia family would be too embarrassed to ask them for it, so this was just right, they could just pay for it!
Thinking of this, Guan Zheling winked at Guan's mother again, asking her to get back to the point.
Seeing this, Guan's mother cleared her throat and said to her grandmother with a smile: "My dear mother-in-law, you see, our Xiaorui has even given birth to a child, but this is the first time we meet each other. This is really..."
Xia Shige was speechless after hearing this. She thought: What if it's not the case? Xia Guokang never informed his family whether he was widowed or remarried! They didn't know anything at all!
When the grandmother heard what Guan's mother said, she smiled awkwardly. Thinking of the Guan family's plan to borrow a house, she said meaningfully, "Yes... my old man doesn't have much contact with me as a mother. I don't know much about his affairs..."
The implication is: Xia Guokang agreed to lend the house, that's his business, and it has nothing to do with us.
Guan's mother didn't understand the meaning of her grandmother's words, and just said to herself: "It doesn't matter if we are not familiar with each other now. We will live under the same roof in the future, and we will naturally get familiar with each other after a long time! Our family is easy to get along with, you will know it when the time comes!"
As soon as Guan's mother finished speaking, Xia Shige said in confusion: "Living under the same roof? What do you mean by that? Even though we are neighbors, we can't be said to live under the same roof."
Now it was Guan's mother's turn to be stunned.
She thought, could it be that Xia Guokang hasn't had time to mention this to his family?
Guan's mother was stunned for a moment, then she said "Ah!" and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I thought Xiaorui had told you about it... It's like this, mother-in-law, the 1604 apartment my family lives in now doesn't even have any furniture, and our family of five can only sleep in a tent..."
"It's okay for us to suffer a little. Xiaorui's two nephews and nieces are too young to get used to living here. The ground is so cold that they woke up from the cold yesterday. Guokang said that the two apartments you have are both fully decorated, so you can vacate one for us to live in..."
Having said this, Guan's mother stopped and looked at her grandmother with expectant eyes.
Guan Zheling on the side also hurriedly said: "Yes, Auntie, Guokang has already promised us to choose between 1605 and 1606, why don't we live in 1606!"
Guan Zheling paused and added, "I heard that 1605 and 1606 are connected. But we have two children here, so it's not convenient for you to come over often..."
As Guan Zheling spoke, he pointed at his little daughter Tengyu in his arms and smiled apologetically, "At this age, children value privacy the most and are not used to living with strangers... You can take away everything you need later, so you don't have to come here again and again to get it!"
Guan Zheling has thought it through. The connection between 1606 and 1605 does not need to be sealed off. This will also make it convenient for her family to eat at 1605. However, the Xia family can no longer come to 1606 from time to time, otherwise it will not be safe for their children!
After Guan Zheling finished speaking, he also looked at his grandmother with anticipation. That look seemed to be telling the three people in front of him to move out quickly.
Facing the expectant gazes of the mother and daughter, the grandmother just shook her head and replied: "I don't know what Guokang said to you, but we can't vacate this house. There are so many people in our family that we can't live in one house. You should think of other ways."
As soon as grandma finished speaking, Guan Zheling and her daughter were stunned.
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