"Your house is quite close to mine."
Tian Jun pushed open the thick door and asked the person to come in: "How close are you?"
"It shouldn't take more than half an hour to walk." Shang Ruirui lifted her skirt and stepped over the threshold.
"That's close." Tian Jun nodded, and saw the little girl taking off her hat and fanning herself, and said, "Then we'll ride our bikes to your house later."
Shang Ruirui blinked: "Do you have a bicycle at home?" Hasn't this person only been in Beijing for a few days?
"Well, my eldest aunt gave it to me." When talking about this, Tian Jun's expression softened significantly. Not only the bicycle, but also the bed and home appliances in the house were all bought by his aunts.
That’s not quite right. Strictly speaking, even the house was given to us by our aunts.
Shang Ruirui was a little envious, as she rarely saw such a close relationship between relatives.
Unlike her family... Thinking of those distant relatives who had inexplicably attached themselves to her, she shook her head angrily and turned to look around the courtyard.
How to say it?
The carved beams and painted buildings, the simple and elegant style, the exquisiteness and brand newness were somewhat beyond Shang Ruirui's expectations.
According to Aunt Qingqing, Tian Jun bought this courtyard house himself. She originally thought it was just an ordinary house.
But I didn't expect that it had pavilions, towers, ancient locust trees, wisteria, etc., and not only were they all exquisite, but it also had a two-story courtyard.
As a local, and with several houses like this one in her family, Shang Ruirui is very clear about housing prices.
With such location and configuration, it would cost at least 20,000.
Although households with more than 10,000 households appeared all over the country in the early 1980s, they were rare and isolated cases.
For an ordinary family, it would be difficult to come up with even a thousand yuan, let alone tens of thousands of yuan.
"My second aunt helped me arrange the house. I bought it in a short time and renovated it for half a month. I only found out about my house the day before yesterday... My salary was definitely not enough, so my second aunt subsidized me a lot." Seeing the girl's confusion, Tian Jun took the initiative to explain.
Although the second aunt said that the money was his, Tian Jun was not aloof from worldly affairs. He knew that the aunts had paid the most and basically raised him as their own son.
He was extremely moved and at a loss as to what to do. He felt that he would never be able to repay the kindness shown by his aunts in his entire lifetime.
But at the same time, Tian Jun couldn't help feeling happy. He was happy that his family members cared about him and that he was not alone.
As they talked, the two continued to go inside...
As they were a single man and a single woman, Tian Jun was worried that the girl might feel uneasy, so he not only did not close the door, but also did not suggest taking them into the house for a walk. Instead, he moved two chairs under the wisteria trellis in the southwest corner of the courtyard.
The sun was already high in the sky, and it was scorching hot in late July.
But wisteria is a shade plant, and the area under the trellis is a great place to cool off and beat the summer heat.
Just a few minutes after they sat down, the heat quickly dissipated as the gentle breeze blew.
Tian Jun squinted his eyes in relaxation: "Are you hungry? Let's cool down for a while and have lunch?"
Shang Ruirui was actually a little hungry. She asked curiously, "What do you like to eat?"
"I'm not picky, anything is fine."
"Then..." The little girl's eyes flashed with anticipation: "There is an old noodle shop at the entrance of my alley. Is it okay to go there?"
Hearing this, Tian Jun looked at him, and after a few seconds of silence, he finally nodded under the girl's pretended relaxed expression: "Okay."
Originally, he was planning to take them to a higher-end restaurant, but the girl's expectant look made him unable to refuse her. He... didn't want to see her red eyes again and only wanted to see her happy.
Sure enough, the girl's anxious eyes suddenly brightened up: "Then let's do it now."
Tian Jun curled his lips: "Don't you want to take a break?"
"No, it's good to know where your home is."
"......"
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Tian Jun carried the brand new 28-ton bicycle out of the courtyard.
After locking the car, he straddled the car, got in and looked at the little girl.
But after his eyes met her thin long skirt, he got out of the car again, unlatched the car and propped it up with his feet.
Seeing this, Shang Ruirui was about to sit in the back seat and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Tian Jun took out the key from his pocket, walked to the front door in two or three steps and opened it: "Wait a moment."
Is this...forgot something?
Shang Ruirui watched the man stride in. She was curious for a moment, then her eyes were attracted by a small pink flower stretching out from the crack in the corner of the wall.
Gray walls and pink roofs.
This was a common scene in the past, but today I was probably in a good mood.
Inexplicably, Shang Ruirui saw a different artistic conception from the past.
It's like... a collision of solemnity and romance.
She suddenly had the idea of capturing him in her painting.
"What are you looking at?"
Shang Ruirui stood up, stretched out her slender white fingers, and pointed to the corner of the wall: "There is a flower here, very beautiful."
Tian Jun looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw an unknown small wild flower.
He didn't really understand these things, so naturally he didn't see anything strange about them, but he still asked, "Do you like 喪?"
Shang Ruirui curled her lips: "Most girls like it."
This time, Tian Jun didn't say anything. He just nodded and tied the thick cloth strips he folded in his hand to the back seat.
After securing it, he sat astride the bike again, supported himself with his long legs, and motioned to the girl, "Come on up."
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