"Grandma, aunt, what happened to you?" Xia Shige asked puzzledly.
"Your uncle called just now and said he wanted to come over to visit our house." Grandma replied with a sigh.
It was clearly her son who was coming to visit, but there was no sign of happiness on the grandmother's face.
Xia Shige's heart sank; she also didn't like this uncle.
Grandma had three sons and two daughters, and only the eldest son Xia Guocheng and the eldest daughter Xia Huiyin lived with her. The other three children rarely interacted with each other after they got married, so Xia Shige didn't have much affection for the other three uncles and aunts.
In the previous life, there was a mudslide in Anyuan Mountain, and after my grandmother and several others died unexpectedly, these three uncles and aunts didn't even come to the funeral. Xia Shige called them, but they all said they were busy and didn't have time to go back to Anyuan Village.
This uncle married the daughter of the city's deputy director, and he had the best conditions among the five brothers and sisters. However, after he knew that his grandmother had passed away, he only transferred 500 yuan to Xia Shige and left a message asking Xia Shige and his cousin Xia Ziyan to arrange the funeral. Apart from that, he never said anything else.
"Come if you want." Xia Shige said calmly, "It's just a meal."
No matter what, my uncle is my grandmother's biological son. If she doesn't let them come, Xia Shige is afraid that my grandmother will not be able to bear it. If they come, Xia Shige can treat them to a meal, but that's all.
Grandma thought about it, sighed, nodded and said, "Then I'll give him a reply."
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Around nine o'clock in the morning, Xia Guokang brought his wife Wu Min and daughter Wu Jianing to Xindu Community.
They drove here, because gasoline and diesel prices have soared recently, and ordinary people can no longer afford to drive a car, but Xia Guokang works in the system. His department has a gasoline quota allocated by the state for public vehicles, and he would secretly deduct some every time and take it home for his own private car.
"This is considered the suburbs." Wu Jianing stuck his head out of the window and looked around curiously.
"That's right, it's all in the suburbs. Humph, buying a villa in the suburbs is really just a pretense." Wu Min said disdainfully.
As the car was about to enter Xindu Community, it was stopped by the security guard at the community gate. The security guard said to the three people: "You are not community owners. This car is not registered in the community information database and cannot be driven in."
There have been many robberies in the surrounding communities in the past few days. Some criminal gangs even drove their cars directly into the community and rushed into the supermarket to rob.
After hearing the news, people in Xindu Community were also in a panic. The property security guards were on high alert and all outside vehicles were prohibited from entering.
Xia Guokang had no choice but to park the car on the side of the road, and the three of them walked all the way into the Xindu community.
Xia Guokang was holding a gift in his hands, which was some biscuits, two bags of noodles, a box of mung bean cakes, and two apples, which were welfare fruits distributed by Xia Guokang's unit.
These things would have been nothing before the natural disaster, and they would even have looked a bit shabby. But now it is a natural disaster, and there is a limit on what you can buy. This is already considered a generous gift, not to mention, which ordinary person can afford to eat apples now?
If Xia Guokang didn't need a request from others this time, he wouldn't have taken out these food.
The villa area is quite a distance away from the entrance of the community. Residents in the villa area usually go out through the back door of the community, but Xia Guokang's family is unaware of this. They enter through the main entrance of the community. To reach the villa area, they have to pass through the apartment building in front.
The three of them walked along complaining about the hot weather. The sun was already very scorching at nine o'clock. Xia Guokang's back was soaked with sweat, and Wu Min's makeup was smudged. She and Wu Jianing held a parasol, and their calves were a little sore from the sun.
When the three of them passed by an apartment building, a figure suddenly rushed out from the door of the building, snatched the things in Xia Guokang's hand and ran away!
He was in such a panic when he ran that he bumped into Wu Min.
"Ah!" Wu Min was startled and screamed. The ground was scorching hot from the sun, and she was trying to get up quickly.
Xia Guokang hurriedly helped his wife up while shouting, "There are robbers! Catch the robbers!"
When the patrolling property security guard heard the noise, he immediately reported it to the community emergency office.
After a while, Xiao He from the property management and police officer Tan Zhen rushed over with several security guards.
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