Xia Chujian thought it looked very cute, so she carried it to the elevator floor button display and said, "Little Sixi, this is the elevator floor panel. Our house is on the eleventh floor. You see these two 1s placed together, that means it's the eleventh floor."
Xia Chujian used the puppy's little paw to touch the "11" mark that was lit with a red light.
The puppy barked "Woolford" as if to show that he understood.
Xia Chujian was amused by it, and affectionately picked it up and touched its furry back with his forehead, saying: "You have become a spirit, right? You can read, right? The little dog has come to the city and started eating meat, right..."
Xia Yuanfang's mouth twitched, and he said, "It's just a coincidence. Don't bother Xiao Sixi anymore."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at their floor.
The elevator door dinged open.
When they walked out of the elevator, they found three people standing at the door of another elevator.
The girl standing in the front is the one who lives opposite her house.
The other two middle-aged men and women stood behind the girl with doting looks on their faces.
Xia Chujian greeted the girl with a smile: "Hello, are you going out? It's almost dark outside and very cold."
The girl had a calm expression on her face and smiled slightly, "Hello, my parents are taking me out to dinner."
We're going to a restaurant...
Xia Chujian said enviously, "Then hurry up, today is New Year's Day, the restaurants are all packed!"
"Well, I wish you a happy new year." The girl nodded politely to Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang said together: "You too."
The middle-aged man behind the girl also said to Xia Yuanfang: "You live across the street from us, right? My last name is Yu, and this is my wife and daughter."
Xia Yuanfang said, "It's a pleasure to meet Mr. and Mrs. Yu, and your daughter. My last name is Xia, and this is my niece. We live across from each other, so please take care of me in the future."
The man looked obviously relieved, and said with a simple smile, "Ms. Xia and her niece are the only ones living here? Is there no one else at home?"
Xia Yuanfang: “…”
Xia Chujian: “…”
This sounds really uncomfortable, but it cannot be said that others are wrong to ask the question.
Xia Yuanfang said, "Yes, it's just us, aunt and niece. What about you? Is it just your family?"
The family could hear Xia Yuanfang's displeasure and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Ms. Xia. We're not trying to pry into your family's situation... We just want to understand. We'll all be neighbors in the future..."
Xia Yuanfang laughed: "It's okay, we feel the same way. You seem to be doing well financially, so why are you buying a house in our old building?"
Anyway, since they were asking, Xia Yuanfang followed suit.
The middle-aged woman, Mrs. Yu, quickly said, "We originally wanted to buy a house in the neighborhood next door because the environment there is better, but for our children's schooling, we chose a house here. My daughter is in her third year of high school and attends Mulan City No. 1 High School."
Xia Chujian glanced at the girl in surprise: "...Did you transfer here from somewhere else?"
Before the girl could speak, Mrs. Yu rushed in and said, "Yes, we used to live in Fenghai City. There were many lakes there. We called them haizi (lakes of water). There were so many fish in them! They were all freshwater fish. We brought a lot of them here. We'll let you taste them when we have time."
The girl smiled and said, "Mom, Ms. Xia and the others are carrying so many things. Let them go back first. They look so heavy..."
Xia Chujian thought that she was a very considerate girl. She could see, even better than her parents, that her aunt and niece were having difficulty standing.
Mr. Yu hurriedly said, "Let me help you. I'm very strong!"
"No need, thank you Mr. Yu, I'm very strong too." Xia Chujian smiled brightly at him.
But when Mr. Yu saw the red birthmark on her face, when she smiled, those hideous bloodshot veins seemed to move.
He was startled, took a step back, and said awkwardly: "Then we won't bother you anymore. We'll invite you to my house when we have time."
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang nodded together and watched them enter the elevator.
The elevator door closed and went down.
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang walked through the long corridor and came to their own door, but found that the door of the neighbor opposite was still half open. A middle-aged woman in white clothes and black skirt was standing there. She closed the door when she saw them coming.
Xia Chu had seen this woman before. She was the maid who had to force her to open the glass greenhouse for her last night.
Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows. After entering the house, she said to Xia Yuanfang, "Aunt, the woman just now was a servant of that family. I saw her last night."
Xia Yuanfang said with emotion: "...It's all for the children. It's the same no matter where you are. For the sake of their children's schooling, parents can buy old, dilapidated and small houses in school districts..."
"Aunt, what is an old and dilapidated school district house?" Xia Chujian asked curiously.
Xia Yuan lied calmly, "It's a house like ours. The house itself is shabby, old, and small, but the school district it's in is first-rate."
Xia Chujian said quietly, "But there are also places for students in the neighboring community to attend our No. 1 High School..."
Xia Yuanfang said, "...there are fewer places over there, and you have to take an exam to get in. Here, we can go in as long as we have a house. How can it be the same?"
As she spoke, she busily moved the clay pot to the balcony.
It was very cold there, but it was just what the Blood Qilin needed.
The puppy was very well behaved all the way, not making a sound, and it was almost impossible to notice its presence.
Only after entering the house did it start jumping around in the rooms, as if making a mark.
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