As they spoke, they entered the courtyard house, a two-section courtyard house. Upon entering, they saw two enormous pomegranate trees on either side of the courtyard. This courtyard house was a very old-style courtyard house, containing a main house, left and right wing rooms, and a rear building.
Originally, Wu Qiaoqiao had lost all her family members, leaving her as an orphan. Fearing being targeted and persecuted, she rented the courtyard house to the government through her maternal grandfather's connections. Later, with the arrival of Wu Qiaoqiao and Liu Mingfeng, the country needed such talents.
With the return of those who had been sent down to the countryside for various reasons, their confiscated belongings were returned to them. Wu Qiaoqiao also took this opportunity to get back her courtyard and two shops. However, since the courtyard was rented to the government for office use, it had been modified to some extent.
After Wu Qiaoqiao took back the courtyard, she hired someone to renovate it. Of course, she also made changes, such as altering the washroom and toilet. After all, with the changing times, convenience is paramount.
After some renovations, there are two washrooms in this courtyard house. So when they came in, Wu Qiaoqiao pointed out where their respective rooms were and told them to go to their rooms to get their clothes. This was prepared when Wu Qiaoqiao came to inspect the courtyard house after it was renovated earlier this year. The three boys lived in the east wing, while Zhao Xiuxiang and Liu Xiangqin lived in the west wing.
Wu Qiaoqiao originally intended for Zhao Xiuxiang and Liu Xiangqin to live in the main room, but Zhao Xiuxiang said that she and Liu Xiangqin were used to living there and did not want to live in the main room. So Wu Qiaoqiao had no choice but to let the two of them live in the west wing.
After Wu Qiaoqiao finished speaking, everyone went to their rooms to get their clothes and then to the washroom to wash up. However, they split into two groups. The three boys went into one washroom and played around in it. The three boys took a quick shower, and it only took them half an hour in total before they came out.
Zhao Xiuxiang then took Liu Xiangqin and Niu Niu inside to take a bath. Originally, Liu Mengmeng planned to take Niu Niu to the courtyard house that Lin Yuwei bought, which was only two houses away in the same alley, to wash up. However, Niu Niu did not want to go there, so Zhao Xiuxiang said that she would take Niu Niu and Liu Xiangqin to bathe together.
Seeing that Niu Niu wanted to go together, Liu Mengmeng had no choice but to agree. After Niu Niu went in to take a bath with Zhao Xiuxiang, Liu Mengmeng waited outside with Niu Niu's clothes.
Zhao Xiuxiang led Liu Xiangqin and Niu Niu inside to wash up. They washed Niu Niu first, and after she was done, they brought her out and handed her to Liu Mengmeng. Liu Mengmeng took the smelly little Niu Niu, dressed her, and dried her hair. After Zhao Xiuxiang and Liu Xiangqin brought Niu Niu out, they also started washing up. Because they hadn't been able to wash up properly on the train for the past two days, it took them a little longer.
Wu Qiaoqiao ignored what Zhao Xiufang and the others were saying inside. After Liu Xiangjun and the others finished washing up, she went in to take a shower and wash her hair. She showered very quickly and soon came out wearing a white cotton nightgown with her wet hair down. She was drying her wet hair as she walked out. When Lin Yuwei saw Wu Qiaoqiao come out, she told her to go to the room to dry her hair. After Wu Qiaoqiao dried her hair, Zhao Xiuxiang and Liu Xiangqin also finished washing up and came out.
Zhao Xiuxiang and Liu Xiangqin came out after drying their hair and saw Niu Niu, Liu Xiangjun, Lin Yuwei, and Liu Mengmeng already sitting at the table. Each of them had a half-empty bottle of soda in front of them, with water droplets still clearly visible on the bottle. This was the chilled soda that Feng Mingran had brought from Lin Yuwei's house after parking the car.
Of course, there were still a few bottles on the table for Wu Qiaoqiao and the others. At this moment, Liu Mengmeng, who was sitting next to Niu Niu, saw that they had come out, so she quickly picked up the bottle opener on the table and opened three bottles of soda for them, placing them in the seats they would be sitting in later.
After Wu Qiaoqiao and the others sat down and picked up their sodas to drink, Liu Mengmeng called out to the kitchen, asking them to bring out the noodles that had been prepared for them. After all, dumplings were served on the train, and noodles were served upon arrival; they definitely needed a bowl of noodles when they got home.
Feng Mingyue, who was busy in the kitchen, came out with the noodles she had already prepared when she heard the call outside. Because the weather was quite hot, they made noodles with soybean paste. Mainly, it was hot now, and eating this would be cooler than eating soup noodles.
While Wu Qiaoqiao and the others went to take a shower, Feng Mingyue and the others cooked noodles in the kitchen. After cooking the noodles, they rinsed them with cold water, then put in the side dishes such as cucumber shreds. When they heard someone calling from outside, they added fried sauce to the noodles, took them out, stirred them, and were ready to eat. Of course, Lin Yuwei and the younger ones did not rinse their noodles with cold water.
Wu Qiaoqiao and the others didn't stand on ceremony when they saw the noodles being served. They mixed them up and started eating right away. They ate noodles and drank soda, and soon lunch was over. After eating, no one was polite. Those who wanted to go to sleep went to sleep, and those who didn't want to sleep went to find their own fun.
Wu Qiaoting slept for about two hours. The past few days on the train had exhausted her. Although Li Tiening and the others had helped, she still had to take good care of them, since there were old people and young children. Now that they were in a safe place, she relaxed immediately and slept very soundly for those two hours.
Even after Wu Qiaoqiao woke up from her sleep, she was still in a daze. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Yuwei sitting next to her, reading a book.
When Wu Qiaoqiao saw Lin Yuwei, she straightened her slightly messy hair, sat up in bed, and asked Lin Yuwei if she had taken a nap at noon and if everyone was awake yet.
When Lin Yuwei saw that Wu Qiaoqiao had woken up, she put down the book in her hand and answered her question.
"I've already taken a nap and woken up. As for them, the children are all awake, but my mother is probably a bit old and hasn't recovered yet. She's still sleeping. I'll wake her up a little later. I can't let her sleep for too long, otherwise she won't be able to sleep at night."
"Okay, let her sleep a little longer. Didn't we say she's already eaten? Let's wake her up half an hour before we go to eat. Otherwise, if we wake her up right before we go to eat, she might not be awake enough to eat."
Wu Qiaoqiao didn't say anything after hearing Lin Yuwei's answer. Seeing that Lin Yuwei had come to her, she knew that Lin Yuwei had something to say to her. So she lifted herself up and sat on the headboard, patted the spot next to her. Lin Yuwei didn't stand on ceremony and got into bed, but because of her belly, she could only lie on her side.
You should know that in the past few years, the two of them have spent far more time sleeping together than with those two stinky men. Lin Yuwei only got together with Feng Minghao at the end of last year when he was transferred to a military region not far from Beijing. As for Wu Qiaoqiao, she hadn't seen him since Liu Mingfeng returned to his unit before the Spring Festival in 1971.
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